Conveying conflicting scientific topics in exhibitions: Development and optimization of an exhibition prototype and a museum-related wiki

这个知识转移项目的目的是利用经验证据，在德意志博物馆（实践合作伙伴DM）设计和实施一个原型展览空间，博物馆参观者可以在其中遇到关于当前科学主题的相互矛盾的信息。此外，将开发一个wiki，处理博物馆和展览中相互矛盾的信息的呈现以及基于研究的展览开发。该维基将由博物馆研究所（IfM）永久制作。原型的经验证据基于四个支柱：（1）国际最先进的以心理为导向的游客研究和对冲突信息的认知处理的研究。(2)申请人（慕尼黑工业大学，TUM; Institut fuer Wissensmedien，IWM）在德国研究基金会（DFG）优先项目“科学与公众”以及其他与博物馆相关的研究项目中以前的研究项目的经验发现。(3)对德国博物馆和展览设计公司的代表性样本进行调查，旨在确定对冲突主题的展示的需求，并与潜在的展览参观者进行前端研究，这将与TUM，IWM和实践合作伙伴IfM和DM合作进行。(4)在几个迭代周期中，TUM和IWM与DM密切合作，将为工业肉类生产主题的展览空间开发和实施一系列设计模型，作为将于2019年开幕的农业和营养展览的一部分。这些设计方案包括：（1）以冲突框架的形式呈现主题，（2）个性化呈现冲突信息，（3）使用真实的对象以生动的方式呈现冲突信息，（4）通过改变展览部分的连续性和对应性来分期冲突内容。展览区应满足以参观者为导向的标准，通过激发兴趣，吸引和保持参观者的注意力，激发详细和批判性的反思，使参观者对主题形成不同的意见。该原型将被纳入德意志博物馆的永久收藏，并将在开放后进行经验评估。此外，与实践合作伙伴DM和IfM一起，根据该项目的最新研究和成果，IfM将开发一个以证据为基础，以实践为导向的wiki，主题是在博物馆和展览中展示相互冲突的信息，以及基于研究的展览开发的基本信息，并永久在线提供给德语博物馆社区。

The aim of this knowledge transfer project is to draw on empirical evidence to design and implement a prototypical exhibition space in the Deutsches Museum (practice partner DM), where museum visitors can encounter conflicting information on a current science topic. In addition, a wiki will be developed dealing with the presentation of conflicting information in museums and exhibitions and the research based development of exhibitions. The wiki will be made permanently by the Institute of Museum Research (practice partner IfM).The empirical evidence for the prototype is based on four pillars: (1) international state-of-the-art psychologically oriented visitor studies and research on cognitive processing of conflicting information. (2) empirical findings of the applicants (Technische Universität Muenchen, TUM; Institut fuer Wissensmedien, IWM) previous research projects within the German Research Foundations (DFG) priority program Science and the Public, as well as other museum-related research projects. (3) a survey of a representative sample of German museums and exhibit design firms, aimed at determining the demand regarding the presentation of conflicting topics and a front-end study with potential exhibition visitors, which is to be carried out in cooperation with the TUM, IWM and the practice partner IfM and DM. (4) a series of empirical studies within the proposed project, In several iterative cycles, TUM and IWM in close collaboration with DM, will develop and implement a range of design models for an exhibition space on the subject of industrial meat production as part of an exhibition on agriculture and nutrition that will open in 2019. These investigated design options include (1) topic presentation in form of a conflict frame, (2) personalized presentation of conflicting information, (3) use of authentic objects for presenting the conflicting information in a vivid manner (4) staging of conflicting content through alterations in contiguity and correspondence of the exhibition sections. The exhibition area should meet the criteria of a visitor oriented presentation of conflicting science topics by arousing interest, drawing and maintaining the visitors attention, stimulating an elaborated and critical reflection resulting in visitors forming a differentiated opinion on the topic. The prototype will be integrated into the permanent collection of the Deutsches Museum, which will be empirically evaluated after opening. In addition, together with practice partners DM and IfM, based on state-of-the-art research and findings of this project, an evidence-based, practice oriented wiki on the subject of presenting conflicting information in museums and exhibitions and basic information on research based exhibition development will be developed and made permanently online available for the German speaking museum community by the IfM.