The Museum as Social Laboratory: Enhancing the object to facilitate social engagement and inclusion in museums and galleries

目前，人们对博物馆和美术馆中社会互动的重要作用越来越感兴趣。参与的社会形式也被视为学习研究的各个领域的关键领域。该提案是一个由三部分组成的系列研讨会，旨在研究博物馆和画廊在社会互动和学习方面的努力、成果和进一步潜力。拟议的研讨会将从理论学术和博物馆展览和方案设计工作的角度探讨这一重点。研讨会的总体目标是交流关于在展览、方案和研究中设计和实施社会参与的理解、经验和问题。这种交流的好处将是产生对有效方法的见解，并确定博物馆和学术界需要进一步研究的需求和关键问题。每个研讨会的主要主题将是：1）展览和展示的社会影响/启示2）画廊中技术的使用及其对社会使用的影响3）博物馆中的争议及其对画廊对话和辩论的贡献

Currently, there is significant and growing interest in the important role of social interaction in museums and galleries. Social forms of engagement are also seen as key domains to study in a variety of fields of research on learning. This proposal is for a three part seminar series to examine the efforts, outcomes and further potential for social interaction and learning in museums and galleries. The proposed seminars will explore this focus both from perspectives of theoretical scholarship and from work undertaken on museum exhibition and programme design. The overall objectives for the seminars are to exchange understandings, experience and questions regarding the design and implementation of social engagement at exhibits, and in programmes and research studies. The benefits of this exchange will be to generate insights into effective methods as well as identify needs and key questions that warrant further research for both the museum and academic communities. The overarching themes of each seminar will be:1) The social impact/affordance of an exhibition and display2) The use of technology and the implications for social use in galleries3) Controversy in the museum and its contribution to dialogue and debate in galleries