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"Hello Shoppers?" - Themed Spaces, Immersive Popular Culture Exhibition, And Museum Pedagogy, Ian Peters
"Hello Shoppers?" - Themed Spaces, Immersive Popular Culture Exhibition, And Museum Pedagogy, Ian Peters
Communication Dissertations
This dissertation explores popular culture-related themed space exhibitions and immersive museum pedagogy through the emerging post-museum, media convergence culture, and Deborah L. Perry’s museum-oriented “What Makes Learning Fun” framework. These exhibitions utilize popular media like Star Wars, Doctor Who, and the films of Hayao Miyazaki as a means of engaging audiences with brand and subject-specific pedagogy. By bringing fictional worlds to life through environmental stimuli (sets, sounds, objects, media segments), these exhibitions use popular texts as a means of facilitating the educational goals of the institution by having visitors engage in “work as play.” Learning becomes encompassed in …