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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vaike Fors
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2012-12-01
Series:Designs for Learning
Online Access:http://www.designsforlearning.nu/articles/48