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Abstract
Introduction. This paper studies the science centre visitor experience from an information behaviour perspective. The study contributes to the area of casual-leisure information behaviour.
Method. The qualitative walk-along method rooted in ethnographic research was applied to study the in-situ visitor experience of forty-four families (seventy-four children and seventy adults) at a science centre in Denmark. An inductive content analysis approach was adopted focusing on three analytical themes.
Analysis.The concept of mediational means was used to analyse how the different exhibit features facilitate visitors’ meaning-making processes.
Results. Results from the study show how different exhibition features facilitate visitors’ information use and meaning-making processes in multiple ways providing rich opportunities for meaning-making. The results further illustrate, how visitors’ meaning-making processes become informed through a duality of cognitive and corporeal ways of knowing.
Conclusions. In the immersive and highly interactive exhibition, visitors mainly become informed about the importance of movement and health through corporeal information that is experienced through the situated body.
Method. The qualitative walk-along method rooted in ethnographic research was applied to study the in-situ visitor experience of forty-four families (seventy-four children and seventy adults) at a science centre in Denmark. An inductive content analysis approach was adopted focusing on three analytical themes.
Analysis.The concept of mediational means was used to analyse how the different exhibit features facilitate visitors’ meaning-making processes.
Results. Results from the study show how different exhibition features facilitate visitors’ information use and meaning-making processes in multiple ways providing rich opportunities for meaning-making. The results further illustrate, how visitors’ meaning-making processes become informed through a duality of cognitive and corporeal ways of knowing.
Conclusions. In the immersive and highly interactive exhibition, visitors mainly become informed about the importance of movement and health through corporeal information that is experienced through the situated body.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Information Research |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 4 |
ISSN | 1368-1613 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
In Proceedings of ISIC, the Information Behaviour Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 28 September - 1 October, 2020. Information Research, 25(4), paper ISIC2021Keywords
- Information behavior
- meaning-making
- Visitor studies
- Science Center
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User interaction with hybrid, interactive exhibits at science museums
Lykke, M., Skov, M. & Jantzen, C.
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2022
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ISIC 2020
Mette Skov (Speaker)
28 Sept 2020 → 2 Oct 2020Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations