Interpretive Theme Writer's Field Guide
How to Write a Strong Theme from Big Idea to Presentation
1st Edition
Published on 15. November 2018
164 pages
978-1-5381-9603-8 (ISBN)
Description
The interpretive theme is the most important sentence an interpreter inks on paper. Despite its centrality to thematic interpretation, no single work has dedicated itself entirely to the art and craft of strong theme writing until now. The Interpretive Theme Writer's Field Guide builds on Sam Ham's 30-year thematic interpretation research legacy. While leaving theory to his books, this pocket companion offers writers strong theme examples, worksheets, exercises, inspirational quotes, and technique highlights. With contributions from Sam Ham, Ted Cable, Shelton Johnson, and Clark Hancock, this Field Guide is useful at the desk, in the exhibit hall, or on the trail. It recognizes that teams, even communities, create heritage themes, and introduces the Interpretive Framework methodology to facilitate community-based theme writing.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
41 colour photos
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-9603-8 (9781538196038)
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Jon Kohl
Interpretive Theme Writer's Field Guide
How to Write a Strong Theme from Big Idea to Presentation
Book
11/2018
National Association for Interpretation
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Person
Jon Kohl has published over 255 academic, professional, and popular articles, including a sci-fi romance novella, a book on holistic planning (with Steve McCool), a textbook on heritage interpretation in Spanish (with Marisol Mayorga), and this Field Guide. NAI has published some 40 of these works. Jon also works as an interpretive writer, translator, planner, blogger, and trainer with the PUP Global Heritage Consortium, a global non-profit he founded and directs to promote a holistic focus to natural and cultural heritage management. He earned a Master s in Environmental Management from Yale University School of the Environment and a Bachelor s in Ecology and Political Science from Dartmouth College. He served as an environmental educator and interpreter in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, where he now lives with his family.
Content
- Interpretive Theme Writer's Field Guide
- Contents
- First Word from Sam Ham Why I Agreed to Support this Field Guide
- Preface Where Does this Field Guide Come from?
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword Floating the Tigris: Harnessing the Light of Thematic Interpretation
- Note from Clark Hancock Need for Interpretive Theme Writing Support
- Trailhead Who Uses This Field Guide and How
- Station 1 What Is Thematic Interpretation, Anyway? And What Is It Not?
- Station 2 We Write Themes for Primary and Secondary Audiences
- Station 3 Strong Interpretive Themes Embody Big Ideas and Vehicles to Deliver Them
- Station 4 Interpreters Must Ignite Their Inspiration for the Big Idea, Not Just Write It
- Station 5 The Big Idea Develops within the Audience's Mind via a Vehicle
- Station 6 Theme Writing Can be Individual-, Team-, or Community-Based
- Station 7 Interpretive Frameworks Leverage the Power of Community for Interpretation
- Conclusion Interpretive Intelligence Can Defend Against Artificial Intelligence
- Field Notes
- Last Word from Ted Cable Theme Writing: A Trail That Never Ends
