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Exhibiting interaction: conduct and collaboration in museums and galleries
Interaktionen in Ausstellungen: Verhalten und Zusammenwirken von Museums- und Gallerienbesucher
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Abstract This article explores how individuals, both alone and together, examine exhibits in museums and galleries. Drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, it focuses on the ways in which visitors encounter and experience exhibits and how their activities are organized, at least in
part, with ... view more
This article explores how individuals, both alone and together, examine exhibits in museums and galleries. Drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, it focuses on the ways in which visitors encounter and experience exhibits and how their activities are organized, at least in
part, with intimate regard to the actions of others in the domain, both companions and "strangers." This study contributes to the long-standing concerns of symbolic interactionism with (mutual) attention and involvement, materiality and social relations, and interpersonal communication. The data consist of video recordings of naturally occurring action and interaction in various museums and galleries.... view less
Keywords
visitor; behavior; video; interaction; museum; art; interpersonal communication; exhibition; ethnomethodology
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Method
theory application; empirical
Free Keywords
Soziale Interaktion; Konversationsanalyse;
museum; visitor; social interaction; ethnomethodology; conversation analysis
Document language
English
Publication Year
2001
Page/Pages
p. 189-216
Journal
Symbolic Interaction, 24 (2001) 2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works