The empty meeting-place - Museum metaphors and their implication for learning

• मुख्य लेखक: Vaike Fors (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Stockholm University Press, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: Connect to this object online.

This article argues for a need to scrutinize the meeting-place metaphor that is commonly used by museum practitioners, when describing the museum role in society as an informal learning environment. The metaphor indicates that there is an ambition that people should use the museum locality for meeti...