This paper presents the initial phase of a field study, conducted to study social interaction mediated through objects as a learning practice in museums. The guided tour (highly regarded by museum staff) was selected as a starting point to understand how interaction and learning are entangled between guides and young visitors in relation to the exhibition content. Drawing on anthropological studies about play and object mediated interaction in different contexts, the paper argues that the guided tour is a form of objects-mediated interaction itself, where a narrative is being created through play. Museum artefacts can then be interpreted as boundary objects, creating transition zones among the participants' different competences and needs.T...
There is growing interest within museums and galleries in enabling visitors to contribute thoughts, ...
Learning and engagement have been recognised as very important in defining the effectiveness of inte...
In the complexity and idiosyncrasies of everyday human activity, social scientists seek patterns--fi...
This article explores how individuals, both alone and together, examine exhibits in museums and gall...
This article explores how individuals, both alone and together, examine exhibits in museums and gall...
Recently museums are re-discussing traditional practices, as they became concerned with visitors' ex...
This co-written chapter was included in an edited book featuring invited authors from different coun...
This article presents a new theoretical and methodological way of studying museum visitors’ involvem...
Museums offer an ideal environment for informal cultural learning on heritage artifacts, where visit...
In this chapter we explore play as a structure to support visitor learning, drawing from internation...
Museums offer an ideal environment for informal cultural learning on heritage artifacts, where visit...
This paper presents an investigation questioning how to enhance primary school age children’s learni...
Interpretation is commonly associated with communicating and revealing to visitors the natural, cult...
This paper examines trends in the understanding of children as visitors to art and natural history m...
The main goal of this research study is to explore the interconnection between museum learning and t...
There is growing interest within museums and galleries in enabling visitors to contribute thoughts, ...
Learning and engagement have been recognised as very important in defining the effectiveness of inte...
In the complexity and idiosyncrasies of everyday human activity, social scientists seek patterns--fi...
This article explores how individuals, both alone and together, examine exhibits in museums and gall...
This article explores how individuals, both alone and together, examine exhibits in museums and gall...
Recently museums are re-discussing traditional practices, as they became concerned with visitors' ex...
This co-written chapter was included in an edited book featuring invited authors from different coun...
This article presents a new theoretical and methodological way of studying museum visitors’ involvem...
Museums offer an ideal environment for informal cultural learning on heritage artifacts, where visit...
In this chapter we explore play as a structure to support visitor learning, drawing from internation...
Museums offer an ideal environment for informal cultural learning on heritage artifacts, where visit...
This paper presents an investigation questioning how to enhance primary school age children’s learni...
Interpretation is commonly associated with communicating and revealing to visitors the natural, cult...
This paper examines trends in the understanding of children as visitors to art and natural history m...
The main goal of this research study is to explore the interconnection between museum learning and t...
There is growing interest within museums and galleries in enabling visitors to contribute thoughts, ...
Learning and engagement have been recognised as very important in defining the effectiveness of inte...
In the complexity and idiosyncrasies of everyday human activity, social scientists seek patterns--fi...