Touch and value of object handling

物体处理的触感和价值

• 批准号: AH/E500323/1
• 负责人: Helen Chatterjee
• 金额: $ 1.43万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FE500323%2F1
• 关键词: Touch; value; object; handling

Touching and object handling in museums and galleries can be one of the most rewarding aspects of a visit. Physical interaction with museum objects, artefacts, specimens, artworks, manuscripts or other archives occurs in a variety of circumstances through access to handling boxes, museum-based workshops or other educational visits, outreach and specific handling collections. Anecdotal evidence overwhelmingly supports the value of object handling giving rise to a range of positive emotions and feelings, from simple enjoyment to specific learning outcomes. It is perhaps surprising to know that there is very little evidence to support this belief within the heritage sector, including museums and galleries.Across schools, colleges and universities museums objects play a key role in learning and objects are used to transfer subject specific information, observation, practical and drawing skills. In the broader context objects serve to inspire, inform and educate. Thus, our understanding of how this information is acquired is critical to planning and improving access to collections and their interpretation.The aim of the project is to bring together a diverse range of experts from academic and museum environments, with a view to establishing a network where information relating to the value of object handling can be shared and developed. Participants in the project come from a variety of backgrounds and bring with them a diverse range of expertise, research interests and museum access requirements. Scientists will share their knowledge of the underlying psychological and neurological mechanisms behind touch and sensation. Museum staff will discuss the types of practical applications of touch employed in museum such as interactive displays, handling boxes and new technologies for interpreting objects. The union of these two groups will afford the opportunity to understand the true value of object handling and provide the museum world will a valuable toolkit for improving access and interpretation.The key objective of the project is to define mechanisms for measuring the value of object handling for a range of audiences including: non-specialists, disadvantaged people such as hospital patients, visually impaired, deaf and elderly people, and students enrolled in formal and informal education. Special discussion sessions will seek to explore different methods for assessing the value of object handling, be they oral interviews, questionnaires or biosensors and other technologies. Where appropriate these methods will be trialled; for example, a related project at University College London Hospitals will use the results of these discussions to determine ways of evaluating a handling box based around reminiscence for use by hospital patients.The results of this project will take form of an edited book volume, containing chapters based on the workshops, seminars and discussions, which form the basis of the project. The volume will be widely disseminated across the museum world and it is hoped will lead to future research experimenting with different methods for assessing the value of object handling. Many of the participants from museums are in the process of developing new resources and this research will feed directly into these developments. Furthermore, the volume will provide a useful guide for museum's who are developing their access and interpretation strategies, with a view to enhancing the object handling opportunities currently available in museums and galleries.

在博物馆和画廊里触摸和处理物品可能是参观中最有价值的方面之一。与博物馆物品、人工制品、标本、艺术品、手稿或其他档案的物理互动发生在各种情况下，通过访问处理箱、博物馆工作坊或其他教育访问、外展和具体处理收藏品。轶事证据压倒性地支持物体处理的价值，它能产生一系列积极的情绪和感受，从简单的享受到特定的学习成果。也许令人惊讶的是，在包括博物馆和画廊在内的遗产部门，几乎没有证据支持这种观点。在学校、学院和大学中，博物馆的物品在学习中起着关键作用，物品被用来传递学科特定的信息、观察、实践和绘画技能。在更广泛的背景下，对象的作用是启发、告知和教育。因此，我们对如何获取这些信息的理解对于规划和改进对藏品的访问及其解释至关重要。该项目的目的是将来自学术界和博物馆环境的各种专家聚集在一起，以期建立一个网络，在这个网络中，可以共享和开发与物品处理价值相关的信息。该项目的参与者来自不同的背景，带来了不同的专业知识、研究兴趣和博物馆访问要求。科学家们将分享他们关于触觉和感觉背后潜在的心理和神经机制的知识。博物馆工作人员将讨论触摸在博物馆的实际应用类型，如互动展示、处理盒子和解释物体的新技术。这两个小组的联合将提供机会来理解物体处理的真正价值，并为博物馆世界提供一个有价值的工具包，以改善访问和解释。该项目的主要目标是为一系列受众确定衡量物体处理价值的机制，这些受众包括：非专业人员、医院病人等弱势群体、视障人士、聋人和老年人，以及参加正规和非正规教育的学生。特别讨论会议将寻求探索评估物体处理价值的不同方法，无论是口头访谈、问卷调查还是生物传感器和其他技术。在适当情况下，将对这些方法进行试验；例如，伦敦大学学院医院的一个相关项目将利用这些讨论的结果来确定评估医院病人使用的基于回忆的搬运箱的方法。这一项目的成果将以一册经过编辑的书籍的形式出现，其中包括以讲习班、研讨会和讨论为基础的章节，这些是项目的基础。这本书将在整个博物馆世界广泛传播，希望它能引导未来的研究实验，用不同的方法来评估物品处理的价值。许多来自博物馆的参与者正在开发新的资源，这项研究将直接用于这些发展。此外，该卷将为正在制定其访问和解释策略的博物馆提供有用的指南，以增加博物馆和画廊目前提供的物品处理机会。