Setting the ground for engagement – multimodal perspectives on exhibition design

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

Abstracts

EN

In this article we offer an approach to analysing exhibition design, based on a multimodal and social semiotic view of communication and meaning making. We examine the narration and construction of different messages concerned with identity that shapes the conditions for visitors’ engagement and interpretation.

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Designs for Learning
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 30-49

Dates

online

2014-12-20

Contributors

author

Fredrik Lindstrand

• University of Gävle, Sweden

author

Eva Insulander

• Mälardalen University, Sweden

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/dfl-2014-0003