Understanding Engagement with Science Festivals: Who Are the Engaged?

Evia, Jane Robertson; Peterman, Karen

doi:10.1080/10645578.2020.1750276

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“…There are also nuances to this group that may deserve further study. Robertson Evia & Peterman (2020) found different engagement patterns among potential festival-goers, including an Uninterested group who reported little interest in science even though they attended the most recent science festival in their local area.…”

Section: Methods and Findings From Studies Of Multiple Science Festivalsmentioning

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Looking Back to Think Ahead: Reflections on Science Festival Evaluation and Research

Peterman¹,

Verbeke

Nielsen

2020

Visitor Studies

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This methodological review considers science festival evaluation and research studies that have been published in the peer-reviewed literature since 2011, when modern-day science festivals were defined formally. Since that time, the number of science festivals around the world has increased dramatically. The methods and results used to study science festivals are summarized in order to reflect on existing work within this growing sector. The existing literature base is then positioned in relation to recent recommendations for visitor studies research on informal science learning overall, to provide suggestions for expanding current practices to include new methods that have the potential to support continued learning and fill key gaps in the literature.

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Section: Methods and Findings From Studies Of Multiple Science Festivalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking Back to Think Ahead: Reflections on Science Festival Evaluation and Research

Peterman¹,

Verbeke

Nielsen

2020

Visitor Studies

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Working at the Intersection: A Demonstration of Descriptive Intersectional Analyses

Peterman¹,

Evia

Martin³

et al. 2023

Visitor Studies

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Evaluating museum exhibits: Quantifying visitor experience and museum impact with user experience methodologies

King,

Smith,

Wilson

et al. 2024

Curator The Museum Journal

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Underpinned by the Model for Museum Exhibit User Experience (MEUX; King et al., Visitor Studies, 2023, 26, 59), this paper develops and presents an evaluation methodology for museum exhibits that utilizes existing methodologies from the user experience sector adapted for the museum and cultural heritage sectors. Two studies are presented: an in‐depth evaluation of the Meat the Future exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History and then a comparative study between this exhibition and two other permanent exhibits at the museum. Quantitative and qualitative data provide a nuanced picture of each exhibit from the visitor perspective and showcase the benefits of the MEUX methods of evaluation. Results show how three different exhibits are constructed in different ways, providing different visitor experiences and outcomes. They are directly compared with identify statistical differences, but do not impose a judgment as to whether any exhibit is better than another. With detailed, nuanced and rigorous data capturing visitor experiences of engaging with exhibits, the MEUX evaluation methodology allows for more sophisticated, standardized and efficient evaluation practices within the sector, with results that directly support further development of exhibits and exhibitions.

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Understanding Engagement with Science Festivals: Who Are the Engaged?

Cited by 3 publications

References 30 publications

Looking Back to Think Ahead: Reflections on Science Festival Evaluation and Research

Looking Back to Think Ahead: Reflections on Science Festival Evaluation and Research

Working at the Intersection: A Demonstration of Descriptive Intersectional Analyses

Evaluating museum exhibits: Quantifying visitor experience and museum impact with user experience methodologies

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