Animating memories: revealing the organisation of remembering in interaction at museum exhibits
Lucy Meechan,
Dirk vom Lehn
Abstract:In this article we will explore how people’s memories of past experiences and events are evoked through their interaction with, and around museum objects. By examining naturally-occurring interactions which emerge at exhibits, we investigate how people draw upon material objects within the museum- texts and exhibits, when vocalising their rememberings of past experiences and events, and address the role of the body in animating these occasioned memories. Thus, we can observe how memories are brought to life at… Show more
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