Time, Culture and Identity: Exploring Horological Collections with UK-China Museum Audiences
Time, Culture and Identity: Exploring Horological Collections with UK-China Museum Audiences
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10.3724/sp.j.1461.2020.0s082
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2020-12
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Carole Chung
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Carole Chung
本文通过跨国观众对北京故宫博物院皇家钟表藏品的参与，探讨了博物馆藏品的跨文化理解。观众调查在三个地点进行：香港科学馆、北京故宫博物院和伦敦科学馆。观众数据是通过定性的方法收集的，例如截取访谈、焦点小组以及与三个地点的非专家和专家观众进行非正式小组讨论。定性样本表明，英国-中国观众在接触皇家钟表收藏中独特的歌曲时，来自不同的文化参照。尽管英国和中国的观众之间存在不同的文化联系，但在观众数据中一致的是，看到钟表的机芯，它们的吸引力会得到加强。这些数据还表明，人们希望与歌曲创作、交易和保护背后的人类故事联系起来，并对数字资源的期望，这种资源在视觉上令人着迷，并提供对歌曲的更多洞察，例如机器人的演示、机制和背景故事。本文最后对观众数据对以歌曲为特色的伦敦展览的解读策略的影响进行了反思，并考虑了开发面向英国和中国观众的皇家钟表收藏的数字体验。
: This paper discusses cross-cultural understanding of museum collections by looking into transnational audience engagement with the imperial clock collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. The audience research took place in three sites: the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Palace Museum in Beijing, and the Science Museum in London. Audience data were collected using qualitative methods, such as intercept interviews, focus groups, and informal group discussions with non-specialist and specialist audiences across the three locations. The qualitative samples suggest that UK-China audiences draw from different cultural references when they engage with the unique “singsongs” in the imperial clock collection. Despite the divergence of cultural connections made across audiences in the UK and China, it is consistent in the audience data that the appeal of the clocks is reinforced by seeing their movement. The data also indicate a desire to connect with human stories behind the creation, trade, and conservation of singsongs, and expectations for a digital resource that is visually captivating and offers additional insights into the singsongs, such as the demonstration, mechanism, and backstory of the automatons. This paper concludes with a reflection on the implications of audience data for the interpretation strategy of a London-based exhibition featuring the singsongs, and considerations for the development of a digital experience about the imperial horological collections that speaks to audiences across the UK and China.