Reaching beyond the Pale: Towards an Understanding of African-Americans' Mental Models of Museums
Reaching beyond the Pale: Towards an Understanding of African-Americans' Mental Models of Museums
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超越苍白：理解非裔美国人的博物馆心理模型
DOI：
10.1177/147797141001600204
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
R. Grenier
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作者：
Dana Dudzinska;R. Grenier
美国博物馆吸引和吸引包括非裔美国人在内的不同种族观众的能力是一个困扰博物馆数十年的问题（Falk，1993; Philipp，1999）。学者们试图了解传统游客对博物馆的看法，以更好地增加参观人数，促进终身学习，但基于非裔美国人的概念的研究在很大程度上是缺席的。为了了解非裔美国人的博物馆的概念和参观决策的影响，进行了解释性定性研究。作为本研究的一部分，八名非裔美国人的参与者构建概念图，探索他们的心理模型的博物馆。使用地图和持续比较分析方法，从该地图数据中出现了三个主题。首先，博物馆被视为学习和教育的场所，这影响了参与者的参观决定。第二，博物馆被认为是提供了一个狭隘的，往往是不准确的非裔美国人的代表。第三，也是最后一点，参与者访问是为了逃避社会文化压力。每个主题的影响进行了讨论，并提供博物馆和成人教育工作者的影响。
The ability of US museums to attract and engage ethnically diverse audiences, including African Americans is a problem that has plagued museums for decades (Falk, 1993; Philipp, 1999). Scholars have sought to understand traditional visitors' perceptions of museums in order to better to increase visitations and promote lifelong learning, but research based on African-American conceptions is largely absent. To understand African-Americans' conceptions of museums and their consequential effects on visitation decisions, an interpretative qualitative study was conducted. As a part of this study, eight African-American participants constructed concept maps to exploring their mental models of museums. Using map and constant-comparative methods of analysis, three themes emerged from this map data. First, museums are perceived as places of learning and education, which influences participants' visitation decisions. Second, museums are perceived as offering a narrow and often inaccurate representation of African Americans. Third and final, participants visit in order to escape socioculture pressures. The affect of each theme is discussed and implications for museum and adult educators are provided.