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Visual Artifacts As A Mediating Factor In Collaborative Museum Design, Jacquelyn Claire Johnson
Visual Artifacts As A Mediating Factor In Collaborative Museum Design, Jacquelyn Claire Johnson
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The process of museum exhibit design includes a variety of activities, including collaboration on teams, consulting learning theories, following process models, brainstorming, performing evaluations, and using visuals. Although some articles mention these topics, very few provide specific details about these practices. This dissertation, which includes three articles, explores how design and visual communication occur in exhibit design. The first article examines how exhibit design teams function. The second article describes how they use visual representations to engage team members in ideation and concept development as they planned for new exhibits. This is based on the assumption that designers need to …
An Evaluation Of A Tobacco Control Network Along The Us/Mexico Border, Dessaray Gorbett
An Evaluation Of A Tobacco Control Network Along The Us/Mexico Border, Dessaray Gorbett
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Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States (U.S.), killing more than 480,000 people per year. Public health networks and coalitions have shown to be able to promote health behavior change. More specifically, coalitions and networks emphasizing tobacco control issues have proven to be effective in recent years. The Paso del Norte Tobacco Control Network (Network) grew out of a coalition in El Paso, TX and currently includes representatives from west Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. The current project evaluated the Network's collaborations amongst organizations, internal organizational structure, and knowledge on tobacco …