Jewitt, C;
Price, S;
(2019)
Family touch practices and learning experiences in the museum.
The Senses and Society
, 14
(2)
pp. 221-235.
10.1080/17458927.2019.1619316.
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Abstract
This paper investigates how family museum visitors crafted learning through interaction with one another and the touch objects of an exhibition. Through a case study of seven families’ interaction, we show how families used touch to bring their interests and resources into dialogue with museum expectations and resources. Using a multimodal approach to analyse observational data, we generate a fine-grained account of differently configured family touch practices and ways of experiencing and knowing objects through their material, sensory tactile and affective qualities. We conclude by highlighting how our findings can inform the design of touch exhibits to support family learning, with attention to engagement, narrative creation, and embodied learning, and point to the paper’s methodological contribution to the analysis of visitor situated real-time interaction and learning in museums.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Family touch practices and learning experiences in the museum |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17458927.2019.1619316 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17458927.2019.1619316 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Touch, Museum, Learning, Family visitors, Case study, Interaction, Multimodal |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074066 |
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