This study explores how the educational intentions of a site of informal science education, the Toronto Zoo, as well as, its potential for meaning‐making, are translated in the lived experience of its visitors. It explores these experiences geographically by tying the spatial and physical environment to the interpretations made by visitors. It cartographically juxtaposes "objective" investigations of space, namely space syntax and wayfinding analyses, with "subjective" measures of the visitor experience, obtained through an on‐site Visitor Study, which revealed possible links between space and visitors' use of the site and meaning-making experiences. The value of geographically representing visitors’ experiences to a cultural institution t...
The present study is an enquiry on the contribution of bodily and sensory forms of engagement in the...
Founded on the premise that zoos are ‘bilingual’—that the zoo, in the shape of its staff and exhibit...
This study investigated the development of new ideas about animals, habitats and the zoo amongst a s...
This study investigates whether the Toronto Zoo is effective at (informally) educating summer visito...
This exegesis constructs the documentary component of the studio research project: Traversing the Zo...
Interpretation is commonly associated with communicating and revealing to visitors the natural, cult...
The challenge of transforming an empty space into a gallery setting takes on the concep...
Drawing on a long-term narrative study of global visitors to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tonga...
Informal education in museums is structured through movement in space. This article summarizes a ran...
This research explores education within zoos on a global scale. Given that a central aspect of moder...
Visitor studies of the ʻtime and motion ̓kind led to the widespread development of concepts such as ...
Zoo visitors go to see animals, but are they there to learn? This mixed-methods study examines visit...
This paper reports results from a survey of 359 visitors to Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand. The questionn...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>A survey sent to 1000 zoo-member households (500 for...
This Master’s thesis investigates the intersection of understanding place through cartographic visua...
The present study is an enquiry on the contribution of bodily and sensory forms of engagement in the...
Founded on the premise that zoos are ‘bilingual’—that the zoo, in the shape of its staff and exhibit...
This study investigated the development of new ideas about animals, habitats and the zoo amongst a s...
This study investigates whether the Toronto Zoo is effective at (informally) educating summer visito...
This exegesis constructs the documentary component of the studio research project: Traversing the Zo...
Interpretation is commonly associated with communicating and revealing to visitors the natural, cult...
The challenge of transforming an empty space into a gallery setting takes on the concep...
Drawing on a long-term narrative study of global visitors to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tonga...
Informal education in museums is structured through movement in space. This article summarizes a ran...
This research explores education within zoos on a global scale. Given that a central aspect of moder...
Visitor studies of the ʻtime and motion ̓kind led to the widespread development of concepts such as ...
Zoo visitors go to see animals, but are they there to learn? This mixed-methods study examines visit...
This paper reports results from a survey of 359 visitors to Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand. The questionn...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>A survey sent to 1000 zoo-member households (500 for...
This Master’s thesis investigates the intersection of understanding place through cartographic visua...
The present study is an enquiry on the contribution of bodily and sensory forms of engagement in the...
Founded on the premise that zoos are ‘bilingual’—that the zoo, in the shape of its staff and exhibit...
This study investigated the development of new ideas about animals, habitats and the zoo amongst a s...