Creating Meaning in Museums

Name: Creating Meaning in Museums | Conversational Strategies for Guided Tours
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Conversational Strategies for Guided Tours

Claudia E. Cornett(Autor*in)

Bloomsbury eBooks US (Verlag)

Erschienen am 8. Oktober 2024

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Table of Key Resources
Preface
Chapter 1: The Case for Live Guides: Creating Meaning in Museums
Learning Goals
Live Guides: Who? What? Why? How? Where? When?
Meaningful Conversations
Museum Types and Purposes
Live Guides: Mission and Goals
The Holy Grail of Learning
Understanding
Tour Vignettes: Who? What? Why? How?
Observation Cues: Tour Vignette
Vignette: Creative Inquiry into Art
Debrief: Creative Inquiry Tour
Creating Inquiry for Understanding and Enjoyment: Who, What, Why, and How?
Underpinnings of Understanding
Museum Guide Tool Kit
Purposes and Guidelines
Advice from Museum Guides
Adapting for Differences: Tour Phases
Tour Beginning: Introduction
During the Tour: Development
Recap
Up Next!
Resources and Videos
References
Chapter 2: The Backbone of Tours: Creative Inquiry Process (CIP)
Learning Goals
Creative Inquiry Process (CIP): What? Why? How?
Think about Thinking
CIP: What? Why? How?
CIP Benefits
Tour Vignette: Charles
Vignette: 1905 Wright Flyer
Introduction
Development
Closing
Vignette Debrief
CIP: From Thinking to Practice
Creative Thinking Rewind
Museum Guides and CIP
Guides in Action
Museum Guide Tool Kit
Descriptive Feedback
Personal Connections
Fast or Fun Facts
Cloze Procedure
Their Own Words (Quotes)
Multisensory Engagement
Posing and Responding to Questions
Advice from Museum Guides
Adapting for Differences: Needs, Strengths, and Interests
Museum Guides and DEAI (IDEA)
Diversity
Equity
Accessibility
Inclusion
Recap
Next Up!
References
Chapter 3: Tour Introduction: Creating a Context that Invites Inquiry
Learning Goals
Context for Meaning Making
Enduring Patterns: Introduction, Development, Closing
Visitor Needs, Wants, and Expectations
Climate and Comfort
Choice and Control
Competence and Confidence
Conversation and Connections
Challenge and Creative Inquiry
Five Minutes for First Impressions
Guide Style
The Welcome Mat!
Friendliness
Good Humor
Show Comfort with Self
Museum Etiquette
Tour Vignette
Observation Cues
Vignette: Fort Ancient
Vignette Debrief
Planning Tours
Planning: Challenge-Collect-Connect-Conclude
Pre-Tour Information
Museum Guide Tool Kit
Advice from Museum Guides
Tour Introduction
Adapting for Differences: Read the Room Assessment
Group Arrival
During the Tour
Recap
Up Next!
References
Chapter 4: Tour Development: Using Challenge to Spark Curiosity, Interest and Motivation
Learning Goals
The Challenge of Becoming a Guide
Effective Museum Guides and Docents
Challenge: What? Why? How?
The Meaning-Making Challenge
Elements of Challenge
Clear Goals
Curiosity, Interest, and Motivation
How Curiosity Works
Benefits of Curiosity
Combining Curiosity and Interest
Mobilizing Curiosity and Interest
Curiosity Cons
Themes and Big Ideas
Tour Vignette
Observation Cues
Vignette: Toulouse Lautrec
Post Tour
Tour Debrief
Museum Guide Tool Kit
Hooks for Curiosity and Interest
Sentence Starters
Advice from Museum Guides
Adapting for Differences: Disability Etiquette
Intellectual Disabilities
Sources
Recap
Up Next!
References
Chapter 5: Tour Development: Collecting Ideas that Feed Thought
Learning Goals
Museums Are for Looking
Review and Add To
Collecting Information: Why? What? How?
Why Collect Information?
Five Senses
What and How to Collect Ideas
Receptive versus Expressive Communication
Visual Communication
Strategic Looking
Categories for Collecting Visual Information
2. Form Aspects: Form aspects include organization or design of objects, created with repeated elements, perspective, emphasis, contrast, balance, rhythm, variety, unity, repetition, contrast, perspective, etc. Example questions:
3. Expressive Aspects: These are ways to convey ideas and emotions. Example questions:
4. Technical Aspects: The technical aspects include materials (found items, oil paint), tools (torch, brush, camera), and methods (mold, paint, print) used to create the work. Example questions:
5. Other Categories:
Example: Strategic Looking for Two to Three Minutes
Before-and-After Observation
Strategic/Purposeful Looking Tips
POVs: Points of View
Tour Vignette: Lost and Found
Observation Cues
Vignette
Debrief
Museum Guide Tool Kit
Before and After Poem (Baird, 2017)
Half and Half
Look, Sketch, Web
Puzzle Pieces (National Portrait Gallery: https://www?.npg?.si?.edu/)
Advice from Museum Guides
Adapting for Differences: Adults
Mature Adults
Recap
Up Next!
References
Chapter 6: Tour Development: Connecting Ideas to Create Meaning
Learning Goals
Connecting: What? Why? How?
From Collecting to Connecting
From Seeing to Thinking to Knowing
Connections and Brainy Processes
Implications for Guide Practices
Meaningful Connections
Understanding Is Complex
Personal Connections
Categorizing
Connecting: Round Up
1. Asking process-oriented questions
2. Focusing on meaningful categories
3. Linking to personal background
4. Probing associations and relationships
5. Offering thinking frames
6. Other Options
Artifacts: Objects That Revive History
Entry Points for Artifacts
Vignette: Verdier House Museum
Observation Cues
Vignette: John Mark Verdier House
Debrief
Museum Guide Tool Kit: Meaningful Categories
Advice from Museum Guides: Conversational Tours
Adapting for Differences: Connecting to Make Meaning
Recap
Up Next!
References
Chapter 7: Tour Development: Conclusions that Create Sense
Learning Goals
Conclusions: What? Why? How?
Creative Inquiry Process (CIP)
From Themes to Conclusions
Conclusions: Universal Meanings
Generating Conclusions
Example Conclusions/Theme Statements
Magic Moments
Inspiration Matters
Coaching Inspiration
Conclusions versus Inferences
Strategy Round-up: Generating Conclusions
Facilitating Meaningful Conversations
Tracking Conversations
Vignette: Public Art Chat
Observation Cues
Vignette: Kandinsky's Improvisation No. 30
Debrief
Museum Guide Tool kit
Conversation Strategies
Troubleshooting
Strategies
Advice from Museum Guides: Facilitating Conversations
Adapting for Differences: Inclusive Language
To Ameliorate Racism
Self-Assessment
Recap
Up Next!
References
Chapter 8: Tour Closing: Critique to Make Better
Learning Goals
Critique: What? Why? How?
Art Critique
Describe
Analyze
Interpret
Judge or Evaluate
Plus One
Critiquing Conclusions and Interpretive Statements
Critiquing Conclusions
Critique Practice
Steps and Pointers
Refining Critique
Invalid Conclusions
Valid Conclusions (useful and meaningful)
Critique: Guide Performance
Roles of Museum Guides in Creating Meaning
Planning
Introduction (beginning)
Development (middle)
Closing (end)
After the Tour (assess)
Strategies for Improvement
Transitioning to Transitions
Purposes and Forms
Introductory Transitions
Next Stop Transitions
Transitions to Make Meaning
Creating and Employing Transitions
Closure: Final-Five Wrap-Up
Skip Summaries
Ask Questions
Solicit Feedback
Encourage Repeat Visits
Gracefully End the Tour
Tour Vignette
Observation Cues
Vignette: Bringing Light to "Firsts"
Debrief
Museum Guide Tool Kit
Advice from Museum Guides: Planning and Introduction
Tour Planning
Tour: IDC
Adapting for Different Audiences: Bias-Free Communication
For More Information
Recap
Up Next!
References
Chapter 9: Communication Options to Show You Know
Learning Goals
Theory into Practice (TIP): Creative Inquiry Process (CIP)
Context
Challenge
Collect
Connect
Conclude
Critique
Communicate
The Arts as Communication Tools: What? Why? How?
Arts Integration in Museums
Show You Know! Arts Integration
Arts Response Options
All Purpose Strategies
Drama (pretend)
Dance (move)
Music (sound)
Example CIP Song: Army Cadence
Visual Art
Research and Technology
Literary Arts
Tour Vignette: Picture Books
Observation Cues
Vignette: The Art of Picture Books
Debrief
Museum Guide Tool Kit: EPR
Every Person Responds (EPR)
Advice from Museum Guides
Adapting for Different Audiences: Ages and Stages
Adjust for Ages and Development Stages
Ages 5 to 7
Ages 8 to 11
Ages 12 to 14
Ages 15+
Tour Beginning
Tour Development
Recap
Next Up!
References
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting and FAQs
Troubleshooting (v.): investigating and solving problems
Prevention Prevents Problems
Cell Phone
Group Management
Teacher Takeovers
Wanderers
Audience Participation
Difficult Visitors
Off Comments
Racist, Sexist, or Demeaning Remark
Monopolizers
Nonresponsive Guests
Repeaters
Sensitive Topics
Abstract Skeptics
You Don't Understand
Nothing's Working
FAQs: The Nude in the Room
Be Proactive
Show Respect
Expect the Unexpected
Build Understanding
Nudity 101
FAQs: Behind the Scenes at Museums
Museum Director
Curators
Registrar
Archivist
Conservator
Exhibit Designer
Education Coordinator
Guide, Docent, and Interpreter
Development Officer
Marketing Coordinator
Museum Technician
Security Guard
References
Epilogue
Appendix A
Multipurpose
Tour Introduction
Tour Development
Closing/Wrap-Up
TOUR CLOSING
Introduction
Questions?
Development Strategies
Challenge
Collect Information
Connect
Conclude
Notes
Repeat Theme
Feelings, Thoughts, Relationships, Questions and Prompts
Transition
Tour Closing
Wrap-Up
Index
About the Author

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