Making meaning in museum exhibitions: design, agency and (re-)representation

• Authors: Sophia Diamantopoulou , Eva Insulander , Fredrik Lindstrand
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Based on a three year project ‘The Museum, the Exhibition and the Visitors: Meaning making in a new arena for learning and communication’ (funded by the Swedish Research Council) the article asks what might be constants of meaning-making as visitors engage in a Museum exhibition.

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Designs for Learning
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 11-29

Dates

online

2014-12-20

Contributors

author

Sophia Diamantopoulou

• University of London, UK

author

Eva Insulander

• Mälardalen University, Sweden

author

Fredrik Lindstrand

• University of Gävle, Sweden

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/dfl-2014-0002