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Sustainability Through A Systems-Based Design Process, Todd Barsanti
Sustainability Through A Systems-Based Design Process, Todd Barsanti
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Design As Choreography: Information In Action, Heidi Overhill
Design As Choreography: Information In Action, Heidi Overhill
Faculty Publications and Scholarship
Museum exhibitions are conventionally understood to be educational, meaning that they convey information to visitors. The content of this information is understood to include visual, auditory, and written media, as well as content from tactile, spatial, and social encounters. This article asserts that visitors also gain knowledge through bodily kinesthetic experiences while in the exhibition setting. Emerging research in other areas has revealed connections between physical posture and cognitive issues, such as emotion and attitude, but this has not yet been applied to museum practice. This article suggests that exhibition planning could exploit bodily experience more explicitly as a form …