Capturing the untold: photography as a tool for empowering children to interpret their embodied experiences in museums
Capturing the untold: photography as a tool for empowering children to interpret their embodied experiences in museums
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捕捉不为人知的事物：摄影作为一种工具，让孩子们能够解释他们在博物馆中的具体经历
DOI：
10.1080/1051144x.2017.1408206
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2017
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通讯作者：
Despina Kalessopoulou
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作者：
Despina Kalessopoulou
为儿童设计的儿童博物馆和展览是经过深思熟虑的成人项目；然而，孩子们很少参与设计过程。视觉研究方法可以弥补儿童代理机构在确定重要展览质量方面的不足。本文将讨论一种视觉研究方法，使儿童，甚至是非常年幼的儿童，能够以一种明显和儿童友好的方式表达他们的意见，说明在以儿童为中心的博物馆的展览设计中，对他们来说什么是重要的，同时使他们意识到视觉图像在传达信息方面的重要性。60名年龄在4至12岁之间的儿童配备了数码相机，拍摄了他们在参观期间特别注意的元素；随后，根据照片的内容、角度和框架，以及儿童自己的选择标准，将图像作为分析他们体现体验的道具。除了从儿童的角度提出有关展览空间质量的主要发现外，文章还特别关注与儿童年龄有关的相机使用，摄影在捕捉他们的身体体验方面的贡献，以及研究背景为视觉数据生产和分析设置的挑战。
Abstract Children’s museums and exhibitions designed for children are well-thought adult projects; however, children rarely participate in the design process. Visual research methods can provide a remedy for this scarcity of children’s agency in determining significant exhibition qualities. The paper will discuss a visual research methodology that empowers children, even very young ones, to express their opinion in a palpable and child-friendly way on what is important for them in the exhibition design of child-centred museums, while at the same time sensitizing them to the importance of visual images in conveying messages. Equipped with a digital camera 60 children ranging from the age of 4–12 years old captured the elements that were of special notice to them during their visit; images were later used as a prop in analysing their embodied experience, based on the content, the angle and framing of the photographs, as well as children’s own selection criteria. Apart from presenting the main findings concerning the qualities of the exhibition space that emerged as significant from the children’s perspectives, the article draws special attention to issues related to the use of camera with regard to the age of children, the contribution of photography in capturing the physicality of their experience, and the challenges that the research context sets for visual data production and analysis.