‘The house’ as a framing device for public engagement in STEM museums

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‘The house’ as a framing device for public engagement in STEM museums. / Whiteley, Louise Emma; Stenslund, Anette; Arnold, Ken; Söderqvist, Thomas.

In: Museum & Society, Vol. 15, No. 2, 07.2017, p. 217-235.

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Harvard

Whiteley, LE, Stenslund, A, Arnold, K & Söderqvist, T 2017, '‘The house’ as a framing device for public engagement in STEM museums', Museum & Society, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 217-235. <https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/museumsociety/documents/volumes/whiteley-stenslund-arnold-soderqvist>

APA

Whiteley, L. E., Stenslund, A., Arnold, K., & Söderqvist, T. (2017). ‘The house’ as a framing device for public engagement in STEM museums. Museum & Society, 15(2), 217-235. https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/museumsociety/documents/volumes/whiteley-stenslund-arnold-soderqvist

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Whiteley LE, Stenslund A, Arnold K, Söderqvist T. ‘The house’ as a framing device for public engagement in STEM museums. Museum & Society. 2017 Jul;15(2):217-235.

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Whiteley, Louise Emma ; Stenslund, Anette ; Arnold, Ken ; Söderqvist, Thomas. / ‘The house’ as a framing device for public engagement in STEM museums. In: Museum & Society. 2017 ; Vol. 15, No. 2. pp. 217-235.

Bibtex

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abstract = "In the last five to ten years, several science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) museums have been experimenting with new forms of public engagement, aiming to be places for curiosity-driven investigation of the cultures of science via multiple perspectives, bringing artists, scientists, researchers, clinicians, members of the public and others together. Yet these diverse and rapidly evolving sites lack a clear definition of their family resemblances – something we argue is crucial for better understanding, advocating, and evaluating what they do. As a starting point for this definitional project we propose {\textquoteleft}the house{\textquoteright} as a metaphor and framing device for public engagement in STEM museums, grounded in experiences at Medical Museion in Denmark and Wellcome Collection in the UK. We further suggest that a Goldilocks principle – the notion of lying between two poles of a continuum in a {\textquoteleft}just right{\textquoteright} position – captures several key features of what it is about the idea of a house that resonates with the approach to public engagement in these museums.",
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