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Meyer, Gustavo Costa, and Guilherme Costa Meyer. "Educação Ambiental em Museus de Ciência: diálogos, práticas e concepções." Revista Brasileira de Educação Ambiental (RevBEA) 9, no. 1 (July 25, 2014): 70–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.34024/revbea.2014.v9.1822.
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O principal objetivo deste trabalho foi a problematização de quais aspectos possui a educação ambiental concebida e praticada em museus de ciência, tendo-se em vista a heterogeneidade de visões que cercam a questão ambiental, com as devidas posições político-ideológicas que sustentam tal entendimento. Para tal análise, utilizou-se, principalmente, de referenciais teóricos que tratam: da comunicação e divulgação científica em museus, da ecologia de saberes, da crise cognitiva e da necessidade do diálogo de saberes, e da concepção de educação ambiental crítica. Avaliou-se que a forma de educação ambiental que prevalece em alguns museus de ciência é fragmentada, reducionista e a-histórica, com abordagens pedagógicas ligadas, preponderantemente, a aspectos das ciências naturais.
Palavras-chave: Museus; Educação Ambiental; Educação Científica.
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The main objective of this study was questioning what aspects has the environmental education conceived and practiced in science museums, keeping in view the heterogeneity of views surrounding the environmental issue, with the necessary political and ideological positions that support this understanding. For this analysis, we used mainly of theoretical frameworks that treat: communication and dissemination scientific in museums, the ecology of knowledge, cognitive crisis and the need for dialogue of knowledge, and the development of critical environmental education. It was found that the form of environmental education that prevails in some science museums is fragmented, reductionist and a-historical, with pedagogical approaches related, mainly, to aspects of the natural sciences.
Key-words: Museums; Environmental Education; Scientific Education.
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Kaya, Sevkiye M., and Yasemin Afacan. "Effects of daylight design features on visitors’ satisfaction of museums." Indoor and Built Environment 27, no. 10 (April 12, 2017): 1341–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1420326x17704028.
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This study evaluates daylight performance in an art museum in İstanbul, Turkey to analyse the effects of daylight design features on visitors’ satisfaction in art museums. The study is based on users’ data obtained through a survey and daylight simulation achieved by Autodesk 3D’s Max 2014. A three-part questionnaire was conducted with 100 participants in overcast- and clear-sky conditions to rate visitors’ satisfaction with the museum and their importance level of daylight design issues in museums. The museum’s daylight illuminance data were measured on a scaled model by a computer simulation program. The statistical results and simulation renderings show that daylight design is a multi-parameter task. There are statistically significant correlations between visual comfort and visitor satisfaction. The study finds two essential daylight considerations for a practical guide to promote healthy and effective daylight use in museums: (i) that certain design aspects in a museum, such as location, window size and window distance from partitions or displays, are important regardless of weather conditions and that (ii) glare prevention from openings such as windows and skylights is also a crucial aspect in visual comfort.
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Kellner, Alexander Wilhelm Armin. "Museus e a divulgação científica no campo da paleontologia." Anuário do Instituto de Geociências 28, no. 1 (June 1, 2005): 116–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/2005_1_116-130.
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Museums are generally regarded as having high potential for science communication. In Brazil, however, those institutions are still far away from accomplishing this mission, particularly regarding paleontology. Here we discuss several aspects regarding science communication and museums. The three main activities associated to museums are research, repositories of collections and exhibitions. The collections of the Brazilian museums and the exhibits tend to be poor when compared with similar European and North American institutions, causing a distance between museum and society. Among the attempts of changing this picture, the Museu Nacional/UFRJ, in collaboration with the Museu de Ciência da Terra (DNPM), has organized in 1999 the temporary exhibition THE TIME OF THE DINOSAURS, which turned out to be the most visited exposition regarding fossils organized in the country so far. Among the several benefits of this exhibit was to increase the interest of the population regarding paleontology. This experience has shown that the museum must interact more strongly with the society in order to fully develop its potential of science communication.
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Wang, Siyi. "Museum as a Sensory Space: A Discussion of Communication Effect of Multi-Senses in Taizhou Museum." Sustainability 12, no. 7 (April 10, 2020): 3061. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12073061.
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Museums are much more than repositories of cultural relics to be preserved for the future. They are centers of learning, community centers, social hubs—even places of healing and contemplation. The museum experience is a multilayered journey that is proprioceptive, sensory, aesthetic and social. In this context, this study takes the case of the ‘People at the Seashore’ multisensory area in the folk exhibition of Taizhou Museum, applies three data collection techniques (questionnaire, in-depth interview and observation) to assess various types of experiences (object, cognitive, social and introspective) and effects (visceral, cognitive and emotional) in the museum, and analyzes the practical effect and relative merits of the multisensory approaches used in this exhibition through the lens of communication effect. Accordingly, multi-senses acquire creative significances upon the attractive and holding power of museum exhibitions, specifically the emotional relevance and resonances. Thus, museums should be more concerned with the connection and complex interaction between senses and experience, meanwhile be active with visual, auditory, olfactory, taste and proprioceptive experiences and engage in the potential impact on visitors from cognitive and emotional aspects, which is an important trend for the museum’s future development and also the vision of this study.
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Huerta, Ricard. "Silk Road Museums: Design of Inclusive Heritage and Cross-Cultural Education." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 27, 2021): 6020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116020.
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This work is the result of a study on the characteristics that define some of the museums created on the Silk Road. The approach to these museums has focused especially on the observation of the educational and heritage aspects that define these institutions. Since 1988, numerous actions related to the Silk Road have been promoted by UNESCO. This old trade route has now become a route of dialogue between cultures. Each museum studied is characterized by promoting local and national issues that define it. Educational issues stand out, since the tradition of silk production is very important in each place. Another aspect observed is that heritage issues manage to strengthen the characteristic features of each community. I have interviewed those responsible and personally observed their facilities and collections. Each museum has chosen to highlight local differential factors, enhancing the aesthetic arguments of cultural identity. Finally, I examine the specific case of the Valencia Silk Museum, the most recent creation museum but also the oldest institution. In the conclusions, I highlight the importance of education in most of these institutions.
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Vikmane, Elina, and Anda Laķe. "Critical Review of Sustainability Priorities in the Heritage Sector: Evidence from Latvia’s Most Visited Museums." European Integration Studies 1, no. 15 (September 16, 2021): 95–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.1.15.28886.
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A vibrant debate about the role and participation of museums in urbanisation, industrialisation, human rights protection, technological progress, climate change and other global challenges has persisted in the field of museums ever since the boom of theoretical museology, which coincided with the development of the sustainable development concept. However, often culture is considered a part of social sustainability pillar, covering manifestations such as equity, participation, social justice etc. (Murphy, 2012; Vallace et al., 2011; Cuthill, 2010) or ignoring cultural aspects altogether (Chiu, 2004). Many voices have called to promote culture as the fourth pillar of sustainable development as a necessary foundation, condition or groundwork through which understandings of social, economic, and environmental sustainability may appear (Soini & Birkeland, 2014; Hawkes, 2001). Although the potential of cultural heritage institutions such as museums towards sustainable development is outlined in relevant literature, there has been no radical shift in museum practice (Ross, 2004; Simon, 2010; Nomikou, 2015). The paper aims to propose the first-ever critical review of sustainable development priorities in Latvia’s most popular museums with a view to finding out their strategic priorities and using these findings to identify today’s specific thematic development lines relevant to the museum sector within the sustainable development framework and to apply this bottom-up principle to propose potential ways to improve the general goal of Latvia’s museum accreditation system – that of promoting sustainable museum practices – with specific pointers and thematic building blocks for the broad umbrella concept of sustainable development. Research objectives include (1) conducting a critical review of relevant literature to identify the role of cultural heritage within the evolution of the sustainable development concept (2) identifying the themes of sustainable development that have been communicated as strategic priorities to stakeholders by the country’s nine most visited museums and (3) using research findings to illuminate and pinpoint a specific array of themes pursuant to the general goal of Latvia’s museum accreditation system – that of promoting sustainable museum practices – for the system to serve as a more comprehensive and targeted tool for fostering sustainabledevelopment in the heritage sector and beyond. Qualitative content analysis has been chosen to analyse museum development strategies and their collection, research, and communication policies, that is, the museum strategic documents to be submitted by the museums seeking to receive state recognition. The study covers Latvia’s nine most popular museums, whose joint annual share of visits amounts to 50% of the country’s total rate (Latvian Academy of Culture, 2018). The study reveals substantial diversity in how Latvia’s most popular museums approach sustainable development goals while also exposing a few significant downsides. According to the findings, museum priorities include (1) heritage preservation, efforts to strengthen national identity, and information and communication technology sustainability in the context of cultural sustainability, (2) financial sustainability as well as tourism- multiplication and image-building in the context of economic sustainability, (3) eco-cultural resilience and improvements in the infrastructure for better energy efficiency as well as a degree of progress towards more sustainable transportation solutions in the context of environmental sustainability and (4) physical, intellectual, socio-economic and emotional accessibility and a focus on boosting social capital in the context of social sustainability. Adjustment of accreditation requirements to meet the sustainable development priorities, at least identified within the study, should, in the long run, raise awareness within the field, enable museums to target their efforts at addressing their downsides and finding possibilities for growth in the context of sustainable development as well as foster sustainable development in the larger field of cultural heritage sites and institutions, which, unlike its kindred sector of museums, exists outside the scope of restrictions associated with accreditation. Such adjustments will help achieve a broader input from the heritage sector towards sustainable development goals.
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de Semir, Vladimir. "Master in Scientific, Medical and Environmental Communication." Journal of Science Communication 08, no. 01 (March 20, 2009): C02. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.08010302.
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Public communication of sciences is of strategic relevance in the transition from the industrial society to the knowledge society. The Master’s Course in Scientific, Medical and Environmental Communication of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (Spain) responds to this economic, social and cultural need. The result: professionals who clearly understand the key aspects of the transmission of scientific knowledge to society through the different essential communication channels in multiple organizations as, among others, mass media, institutional and public relations and museums. This initiative collaborates also to build informed and educated citizens, who understand, accompany and are able to participate in the necessary and unavoidable adaptation to this new society.
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Pietroni, Eva, Alfonsina Pagano, and Bruno Fanini. "UX Designer and Software Developer at the Mirror: Assessing Sensory Immersion and Emotional Involvement in Virtual Museums." Studies in Digital Heritage 2, no. 1 (September 26, 2018): 13–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/sdh.v2i1.24634.
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Virtual Museums (VMs) and their audiences have always been studied as separated worlds. Recently the importance of cross-methodological studies has been accepted by the academic sector for their usefulness in the process of assessing the impact of such VMs. Hedonic aspects, such as emotions, senses, perception, and environmental atmosphere rather than technicalities, like usability and affordance, have indeed played a precise and crucial role in the meaning-making of the world around us. This contribution will highlight the need for a collaborative sharing of ideas among designers and developers, creators and technicians, in order to reach sensory immersion and emotional involvement in VMs that will translate into enhanced participation and the predisposition to assimilate and memorize cultural contents. It has been stated that “a virtual museum is a digital entity.” As such, it is inevitably based on technology, on its user interface (UI), on the visualization solutions it employs, and on its usability and ability to interact with the end user in order to transfer a certain message. VMs are designed to complement, enhance, or augment the ordinary museum experience through contextualization, narration, personalization, interactivity and richness of content. This contribution originates not only from the lessons learned in twenty years of research by CNR ITABC, but it also moves one step further in the direction of exchanged experiences and good practices between the humanistic and the technological sectors, therefore contributing to the promotion of lifelong learning in Virtual Museums.
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Shao, Jun, Qinlin Ying, Shujin Shu, Alastair M. Morrison, and Elizabeth Booth. "Museum Tourism 2.0: Experiences and Satisfaction with Shopping at the National Gallery in London." Sustainability 11, no. 24 (December 11, 2019): 7108. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11247108.
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The tourist shopping experience is the sum of the satisfaction or dissatisfaction from the individual attributes of purchased products and services. With the popularity of the Internet and travel review websites, more people choose to upload their tour experiences on their favorite social media platforms, which can influence another’s travel planning and choices. However, there have been few investigations of social media reviews of tourist shopping experiences and especially of satisfaction with museum tourism shopping. This research analyzed the user-generated reviews of the National Gallery (NG) in London written in the English language on TripAdvisor to learn more about tourist shopping experience in museums. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic model was used to discover the underlying themes of online reviews and keywords related to these shopping experiences. Sentiment analysis based on a purpose-developed dictionary was conducted to explore the dissatisfying aspects of tourist shopping experiences. The results provide a framework for museums to improve shopping experiences and enhance their future development.
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Fafet, Charlotte, and Erinë Mulolli Zajmi. "Qualitative Fire Vulnerability Assessments for Museums and Their Collections: A Case Study from Kosovo." Fire 4, no. 1 (March 10, 2021): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire4010011.
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Fires are among the most frequently recurring hazards affecting museums and cultural heritage sites. The fires of the National Museum of Brazil in 2018 and of Notre Dame de Paris in 2019 showed that the consequences of such events can be heavy and lead to irreversible heritage losses. In Kosovo, few studies were made about the risks that can affect cultural heritage sites. A project led by the NGO Kosovo Foundation for Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB Kosova) in 2018 explored the most prevalent risks for the cultural heritage sites of the country and highlighted fire as a predominant risk in Kosovo. In order to better understand it, vulnerability assessments were conducted in several museums in Kosovo. Data were collected through field visits in the different museums, in which interviews with staff members as well as observations were conducted. The aim of this paper is to present the main results of the fire vulnerability assessments conducted in Kosovo’s museums in 2018. An important aspect of this project is the approach to collect information in data-scarce environments. It is believed that the questionnaires used to lead interviews with museums’ staff members could help other practitioners to collect data in such contexts and evaluate more easily the risk of fire for the museums and their collections. In the context of Kosovo, one of the main findings is the identification and prioritisation of measures to ensure better protection of Kosovar museums. Structural mitigation measures such as alarm and fire suppression systems are not the only elements necessary to improve the resilience of Kosovar museums to fire. Indeed, the promotion of risk awareness, the training of staff members and the realisation of crisis simulation exercises are just as important in order to prevent and detect a fire, and above all, to respond quickly and accurately if a fire occurs.
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Száková, J., J. Sysalová, and P. Tlustoš. "Particular aspects of environmental impact of potentially risk elements from airborne particulate matter." Plant, Soil and Environment 51, No. 8 (November 19, 2011): 376–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/3613-pse.
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Two simple experiments were carried out to demonstrate two possible ways of environmental impact of element contents in airborne particulate matter. In the first part of the experiment, the response of three rural dust samples applied into the soil were assessed in pot experiment to observe uptake of As, Cd, Pb, and Zn by aboveground biomass of oat (Avena sativa L.). Although the element contents in dust samples exceeded significantly total element contents in soil, the element content in plants was not affected by single-rate soil amendment with rural dust sample. Soil sorption capacity and neutral pH of the experimental soil (7.0) was sufficient for immobilization of the elements. However, potentially mobilizable portions (0.005 mol/l DTPA extractable) of elements significantly increased (Cd by 116%, Pb by 39%, Zn by 50%) in the treated soil, which suggests a possible release of these elements in long-term horizon. On the contrary, high percentages of potentially toxic elements (Cd, Zn, Ni) in the most mobile (exchangeable) fractions were determined in the second part of investigation in two urban dust samples collected in Prague Letná automobile tunnel, and Prague subway station Museum. These results suggest possible direct impact of mobile, and thus potentially bio-available, element fractions on human environment. The results of both particular experiments cannot give complete information concerning behavior of harmful pollutants in airborne particulate matter and their influence on human health. They can however indicate two of possible ways of environmental pollution with this material. Yet, it would require a more detailed investigation in future.
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Humphries, Susan, and Susan Rowe. "Aspects of Museum Education in School." LEARNing Landscapes 5, no. 2 (May 2, 2012): 163–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v5i2.559.
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A group of teachers working with children, parents, and friends of the school have explored ways to develop environmental, artistic, social, and cultural awareness through events and workshops based on museum education. They saw power in the notion of collections of things that would impact on children’s formal and informal learning. This article describes aspects of museum education in school.
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Moon, Michelle, and Cathy Stanton. "The First Course." Public Historian 36, no. 3 (August 1, 2014): 109–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/tph.2014.36.3.109.
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The current enthusiasm for “local food” offers public historians an opportunity to strengthen civic dialogues about place, land and energy use, labor, economy, health, and governance. Moving beyond conventional exhibitry and living history approaches challenges public history practitioners and institutions to confront politicized “real-life” aspects of food systems, but it also offers important benefits to those engaged in the reshaping of both scaled-down food systems and civically engaged museums and historic sites. A nuanced, reflexive engagement with food and farm history can be a way to address much broader issues of economic, institutional, and environmental sustainability.
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Kahl, Jonathan D. W., and Julia G. Cerón. "Faculty-Led Study Abroad in Atmospheric Science Education." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 283–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00051.1.
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For several years the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee's Atmospheric Science group has offered the faculty-led study abroad program Mexico: Air Pollution and Ancient Cultures. In this course, open to both atmospheric science majors and nonmajors as well as to students attending other colleges and universities, participating students learn about the corrosive effects of acid deposition on the limestone surfaces of Mesoamerican archaeological sites. The course content includes not only the science aspects of acid rain and environmental corrosion, but also aspects of Mesoamerican history and anthropology, as well as personal reflection on a variety of social science topics via journaling. The academic content is delivered via lectures and laboratories, guided tours of museums and archaeological sites, visits to Mexican universities, and hands-on measurements and analysis. Postprogram surveys indicate that participating students consider the program to be quite valuable in terms of both academic and personal growth.
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Pennisi, Lisa, N. Qwynne Lackey, and Stephen M. Holland. "Can an Immersion Exhibit Inspire Connection to Nature and Environmentally Responsible Behavior?" Journal of Interpretation Research 22, no. 2 (November 2017): 35–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258721702200204.
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Nature centers, museums, zoos, and other exhibit-based institutions need to sustain or increase visitation for economic viability. To generate visitor interest, exhibits have become more interactive, with immersion exhibits becoming increasingly popular. Visitor research has traditionally focused on learning or social aspects of the visitor experience rather than psychological dimensions related to attitudes, values, and behaviors. Yet nature-focused institutions increasingly support broad-based issues, such as encouraging connection to nature and environmentally responsible behavior. This paper explores how an immersion exhibit without personal interpretation, impacts connectedness to nature, intentions for environmentally responsible behaviors, and other aspects of visitor experiences. Short visits to a free-flying butterfly exhibit were found to augment visitors’ connectedness to nature and environmentally responsible behavioral intentions. Visitors also described how they appreciated the intensely beautiful surroundings, were awe-struck, felt a great deal of peace and relaxation, and felt oneness with nature.
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Luengo, Pedro. "Sustainable Illumination for Baroque Paintings with Historical Context Considerations." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (October 20, 2020): 8705. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208705.
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The topic of museum illumination and conservation has been richly developed in recent years to take steps toward a zero-energy building concept. Most artworks preserved in museums’ expositions were designed for specifically defined light contexts, wherein daylight and seasonal changes were part of the artistic effect, an issue which has received little scholarly attention. From this premise, this paper aims to prove that defining the original illuminative context of artworks is required for a sustainable conservation, perception, and ultimate interpretation. To do this, a selection of seventeenth and eighteenth century churches and palaces from Europe, the Americas, and Asia will be presented using modern conservation frameworks for artworks. The results demonstrate that both aspects, chosen materials and light exposure, were connected, allowing the spaces to be effective without consuming too much electric lighting. This leads to a discussion about if museum displays should incorporate this context, if it is a more sustainable solution, and if it presents the artworks more accurately to visitors, even as other problems may arise.
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Wang, Wende, Mozhuang Fu, and Qingwu Hu. "The Behavioral Pattern of Chinese Public Cultural Participation in Museums." Sustainability 12, no. 7 (April 5, 2020): 2890. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12072890.
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Studying the cultural participation model of the public and its influencing factors is important for the sustainable development of regional culture. Therefore, in this study, we determined which factors influence the cultural participation of the Chinese public. Firstly, we extracted the key features of the motivation and timing for a museum visit with multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), and explored the relationship of the features of different motivations with the frequency and duration of the public’s visits to the museum. Secondly, we determined the monotonicity of the influence of ordinal variables on cultural participation behavior and identified the mechanism through which the independent variable influences public cultural participation with categorical regression (CATREG). Finally, we analyzed the research data from the museum audience survey in the Hubei Provincial Museum and a national public culture participation survey. We found that education, occupation, academic discipline, income, distance, age, and sex affect the public’s museum participation. This indicates that to guarantee the public’s cultural rights and promote sustainable development, education, planning, and other aspects must be coordinated in cultural management to increase public cultural participation, rather than removing the economic threshold for public cultural participation through public finances alone.
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Tai, Li-chuan. "The Shanghai Museum and the introduction of taxidermy and habitat dioramas into China, 1874–1952." Archives of Natural History 48, no. 1 (April 2021): 111–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2021.0691.
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The Shanghai Museum, which was established by the primarily British and American expatriate-led North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1874 and continued to operate until 1952, had a major influence on the popularization of natural history knowledge in China. It contributed to training the first generation of Chinese taxidermists, many descendants of whom continue even today to hold positions in academic institutions related to natural history in the country. Moreover, the Museum's habitat dioramas, in particular, played a significant role in raising public awareness about environmental issues among local and foreign residents of Shanghai. This paper traces the salient aspects of the Museum's history, focusing on the key individuals involved in its development and the contributions that it made to the production, dissemination and popularization of natural history knowledge and techniques.
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Santaolalla, Elsa, Belén Urosa, Olga Martín, Ana Verde, and Tamara Díaz. "Interdisciplinarity in Teacher Education: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Educational Innovation Project." Sustainability 12, no. 17 (August 20, 2020): 6748. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12176748.
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Interdisciplinary projects play an important role in the development of a student profile based on the 21st century skills. Nevertheless, the implementation of an interdisciplinary approach is a challenge for both teachers and teacher educators. The aim of this study is to create an interdisciplinary model for teacher education, and to provide an empirical study which analyses its impact on learning. An educational innovation project was carried out with preservice teachers who experienced and subsequently designed a Problem Based Learning with interdisciplinary activities including Mathematics and Social Sciences, using the National Archaeological Museum as an educational resource. The proposals were implemented amongst children to evaluate the project’s effectiveness, considering two aspects: (a) improved teaching skills for preservice teachers (N = 26) and (b) improved learning for Mathematics and Social Sciences content amongst primary school children (N = 58). In the case of the student teachers, the variance analysis implemented showed sufficient empirical evidence of the improvement between the pre and post treatment, in different dimensions of the teaching skills and competences. On the primary school students, some significantly statistic progresses were found concerning the learning of both subjects, as well as their perception of museums as place for learning.
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Zheng, Ying, Li Wei Huang, Mi Mi Wang, Hui Qin Chen, and Li Zhen Zhang. "The Application of LED Lighting in Museum Exhibition Hall." Applied Mechanics and Materials 644-650 (September 2014): 3449–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.644-650.3449.
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This paper analyzed the important of lighting in museum from three main aspects, environmental lighting. LED lighting can not only meet requirements of museum lighting, and also has advantage of protecting historical relics and intelligent energy saving. The dimming control of accent lighting is achieved by infrared detection, distance detection of visitor and exhibits. Intelligent lighting and bionic controlling improve the intelligent level of exhibition, protect historical relics effectively, reflect the topic of energy saving and environmental protection.
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Caicoya Gómez-Morán, C. "Algunos aspectos del proceso de construcción del museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Bilbao/España." Informes de la Construcción 49, no. 451 (October 30, 1997): 5–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ic.1997.v49.i451.931.
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Hodor, Katarzyna, Łukasz Przybylak, Jacek Kuśmierski, and Magdalena Wilkosz-Mamcarczyk. "Identification and Analysis of Problems in Selected European Historic Gardens during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Sustainability 13, no. 3 (January 27, 2021): 1332. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13031332.
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The paper is based on a survey and investigates the functioning of historic gardens during the pandemic. The authors collected and analysed information on the impact of the pandemic on the behaviour of visitors, maintenance, and condition of cultural heritage assets, European historic gardens. Four aspects were considered particularly carefully: the situation of gardens during the COVID-19 pandemic, maintenance and care in gardens, virtual activity and communication, and financial consequences. The authors determined the conditions of the gardens and the problems they faced based on a survey completed by 23 managers of 31 historic gardens from June to August 2020 and then proposed a diagnosis. The paper presents the survey results. In general, visitor volumes tended to drop in 2020, which significantly affected gardens’ financial standing and contributed to workforce reductions. The garden condition and treatments were affected, as well. Reduced visitor volumes resulted in positive environmental changes. Among them were ecological succession, the stability of landscaped plants, increase in vegetation, improved biodiversity in the ground cover, and enhanced animal presence. Additional safety measures were implemented after the gardens were reopened to the public during the pandemic, mostly social distancing, and obligatory face masks. Less than half of the gardens had contingency plans, and 25% of the respondents were working to develop one. The analyses provided foundations to start working on a universal emergency strategy similar to procedures used for years for permanent collections at museums. Note that, being open public spaces and live museums, historic gardens were the first places reopened after the lockdown. Recommendations based on the study can contribute to the future safe functioning of historic gardens in other similar crises. The guidelines offer instructions, advice, and recommendations that form foundations of the development of a universal management model facilitating the preservation of historic gardens in good condition while exploiting their ecological potential.
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Wei, Tong Hua, Shi Tang, and Wei Zhu. "Research of Green Reconstruction of Hangzhou Arts & Crafts Museum." Advanced Materials Research 598 (November 2012): 106–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.598.106.
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Based on the characteristics of the deserted plants of refining and looming workshops in Hangzhou Honglei Silk Mill, the green low-carbon reconstruction targeting industrial remains along The Grand Canal is carried out from five aspects including land saving, water saving, energy saving, material saving and interior environmental quality control, under the guidance of the technical strategy called Evaluation Standard for Green Buildings. With the help of the integration of several appropriate technologies, the goal of the green reconstruction is accomplished, with no increasing costs.
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Turcanu, Florin-Emilian, Marina Verdes, Vasilica Ciocan, Catalin George Popovici, and Sebastian Valeriu Hudisteanu. "The indoor climate modelling and the economic analysis regarding the energetic rehabilitation of church." Technium: Romanian Journal of Applied Sciences and Technology 1 (January 31, 2020): 67–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/technium.v1i.116.
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The paper describes the behaviour of a heating system with radiators in a cult building. There has commonly used in many churches with many shortcomings. The temperature distribution in the analysed space is simulated in 2D. The simulation is based on an example, the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Jassy. The heating system with radiators simulated with the FLUENT program, the results being edifying for the factual state of the building. An important aspect is the impact of these heating systems on the works of art, the church being the 18th — century edifice. Current environmental issues lead to the continuous development of technologies used to reduce primary energy consumption. Churches are an invaluable wealth, sheltering heritage elements preserved in museums and historic buildings. Unheated churches have been used for centuries. Then, after installing one or more different heating systems, signs of rapid degradation appeared.
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Bonora, A., K. Fabbri, and M. Pretelli. "ENVIRONMENTAL MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT AND RISK IN THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF VILLA BARBARO MASER (ITALY)." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W11 (May 4, 2019): 269–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w11-269-2019.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Indoor environment in heritage buildings can be cause of damage for architecture and artefacts which depend on several physical and chemical parameters: air temperature, relative humidity, volatile organic compounds, etc. How is it possible to evaluate their damage, or the risk of damages? How “aggressive” is indoor microclimate? The scientific literature proposes several different criteria for the evaluation of the risk of damages, especially in the field of museums, while there are few studies which take into consideration historic buildings. In this paper we propose an index – the Heritage indoor Microclimate Risk (HMR) – that allows to define the risk concerning the whole environment and not only the artefacts. Moreover, we propose its application to a real case study of a UNESCO Heritage World Site, obtained through indoor microclimate on-site monitoring and building simulation. The case study reported is Villa Barbaro, built in Maser (1554–1560) by the architect Andrea Palladio and registered in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list since 1996, as Palladian Villa of Veneto. The research is structured as follows: monitoring campaign of the microclimatic parameters; virtual modelling of Villa Barbaro and its validation (by comparing the simulated data and the monitored ones); construction of scenarios which can aid to guarantee the historic building’s conservation and the occupants’ comfort; definition of HMR. The innovative aspect of the proposed methodology is the use of a virtual building model of heritage buildings, to determine, through a single index, the degree of risk and the level of indoor microclimate aggression.</p>
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Erba, Valeria. "Natura e cultura per un progetto di riqualificazione e valorizzazione del paesaggio." TERRITORIO, no. 47 (February 2009): 78–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2008-047010.
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- The San Colombano hill in the province of Milan is used as an opportunity and a context for defining analytical details and design aspects for a project to redevelop and enhance the landscape. This area, rich in history and of significant environmental and landscape value is divided into three park areas (‘From the grape to the Bottle', ‘Adopt and rent a tree', ‘Walking in the woods') with three paths through them, while the castle is renovated to house a museum, hold exhibitions and develop an experimental theatre.
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Martins, Ruben Varela, Luís Lopes, Luís Brito da Luz, David Germano, and José Patrício. "Marble Museum of Vila Viçosa, Portugal - A Mirror of Geological and Mining Heritage." Key Engineering Materials 848 (June 2020): 87–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.848.87.
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Raquel de Castro Marble’s Museum was built in an old quarry of ornamental marble located in one of the entrances of Vila Viçosa, Alto Alentejo – Portugal. It’s a space intended to preserve all the knowledge acquired over decades of exploitation and processing of the Worldwide know stone Estremoz Marble, regionally called "White Gold”. The name of the museum, Raquel de Castro is due to the former owner of the quarry that donated in life the space to the Town Hall of Vila Viçosa. The importance of this industry to the region's economy has profoundly affected the lives of its people and is always strongly linked to the natural stone sector. The contents arranged logically and sequentially, guide the visitor in the most varied aspects, from the geological, historical, technological, environmental and social framework. All the themes are approached in a scientific and practical way, making the museum an area of knowledge and culture constituting a portrait where the populations and industrialists of the region can be reviewed.
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Koh, Andrew, and Kathleen Birney. "Ancient Organic Residues as Cultural and Environmental Proxies: The Value of Legacy Objects." Sustainability 11, no. 3 (January 27, 2019): 656. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11030656.
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Often treated as an accessory science, organic residue analysis (ORA) has the capacity to illuminate otherwise hidden aspects of ancient technology, culture, and economy, and therein can play a central role in archaeological inquiry. Through ORA, both the intact vessel freshly excavated from a tomb and the sherd tucked away in a museum storage closet can offer insights into their contents, their histories, and the cultures that created them—provided the results can be carefully calibrated to account for their treatment during and after excavation. The case study below presents ORA data obtained from a range of artifacts from Late Bronze Age Crete, setting results from freshly-excavated and legacy objects alongside one another. Although legacy objects do tend to yield diminished results from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective, our comparative work has demonstrated both their value and untapped potential when their object biographies are carefully considered. It also sheds light on biomarker degradation processes, which have implications for methodologies of extraction and interpretation of legacy objects. Comparative studies such as these broaden the pool of viable ORA candidates, and therein amplify ORA’s ability to reveal patterns of consumption as well as ecological and environmental change. They also highlight the role and value of data-sharing in collaborative environments such as the OpenARCHEM archaeometric database.
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Cook, Jeffrey, and Tanis Hinchcliffe. "Designing the well-tempered institution of 1873." Architectural Research Quarterly 1, no. 2 (1995): 70–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135500002773.
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The Museum of Natural History in London exemplified the state of environmental services when it was built in 1873. Although the admirable qualities of the building's natural lighting have sometimes been noticed, other aspects of its environmental design have drawn little comment. This paper explores the fabric of the building behind the scenes, related to the integral construction for ventilation. Recent on-site investigations under the floor of the basement, within the attics and elsewhere, reveal the former presence of a comprehensive fresh-air ventilation system of surprising versatility before the advent of electrically-driven fans. Archival documents provide details. The design and performance of such fresh-air systems inform us about the evolution of building services and about the practice of architecture and engineering as distinct professions. And the forgotten knowledge revealed may serve to help in the design of natural and low energy systems for large buildings today.
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Adjeleian, J., M. Allen, J. L. Humar, and G. McRostie. "National aviation museum, Ottawa." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 13, no. 6 (December 1, 1986): 722–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l86-107.
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This paper describes various aspects of the design and construction of a new building for the National Aviation Museum, currently nearing completion on a site on the Rockliffe Airport, Ottawa. The museum will house the aeronautical collection now displayed in World War II hangars.The new museum building is shaped like an isosceles right-angled triangle with a short side 161 m long and a clear height of 13.2 m from the floor to the underside of the roof framing. A two-storey wing on the west side contains the public entrances and the administrative offices.The soil at the site consists of a deep layer of preconsolidated sensitive clay underlain by dense glacial till containing boulders, then a layer of dense sand with gravel and boulders. The main columns of the building are supported by 55 m deep piles driven to suitable resistance in the dense sand and boulder layer, while the perimeter columns rest on spread footings, supported on the surface clay layer.The roof structure, which is one of the largest of its kind, consists of a space truss with top and bottom chords staggered with respect to each other and laid on a square grid 3.3 m by 3.3 m. The depth of the roof framing is also 3.3 m.The paper presents details of subsurface exploration and the types of foundations used. The structural framing for the roof as well as the steps involved in the analysis and design of the roof are described. Also presented are details of the fabrication methods, weld testing, and erection procedures. Key words: National Aviation Museum (Ottawa), pile foundations, dynamic testing, structural steel, space truss, welded joint, ultrasonic weld inspection.
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Gómez-Hurtado, Inmaculada, José María Cuenca-López, and Beatrice Borghi. "Good Educational Practices for the Development of Inclusive Heritage Education at School through the Museum: A Multi-Case Study in Bologna." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (October 21, 2020): 8736. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208736.
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This article presents the outcomes and conclusions of a research work designed to determine and describe good inclusive practices for the development of heritage education in schools through museums in the city of Bologna. To this end, we applied a qualitative methodology through the study of four cases, four museums in the city of Bologna, selected for their good practices in educational programmes for schools. Instruments such as interviews, observation, and documentary analysis were used. The results emphasise a close school-museum relationship, with heritage as an agent that enhances people’s identity, a fundamental element in the citizenship development of Bolognese society, and a key aspect for the development of inclusive principles and the care of all people, although improvements in the processes and some limitations in the development of the programmes are perceived. The outcomes highlight the importance of school and museum relations and the development of an inclusive heritage education that advocates a holistic, integrative, and complex approach to heritage, as an essential element in the development of the individual and of society.
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Long, Li Min, Li Bin Zhao, and Ya Ran Guo. "A Study on Protection, Renovation and Styles Continuity of Historical Street - Taking the Center Street of Dingzhou City in Hebei Province as an Example." Advanced Materials Research 831 (December 2013): 213–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.831.213.
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The protection of historical street plays an irreplaceable role in historic continuity of ancient city. This article takes Center Street of Dingzhou city in Hebei Province as an example, the evolution process of Center Street is analyzed, and the value of historical and cultural characteristics is summarized. The major problems and reasons of historical style are discussed from aspects of street scale, land functions and landscape style, etc. Planning thoughts on relocating Center Street, continuing the historical style of Song Dynasty and constructing vigorous commercial streets are proposed. Historic styles remediation goals of Center Street are determined. Specific planning ideas are proposed, including taking streets as axis to form five important historical nodes from south to north, including South Gate, South Street guhuai, Kaiyuan Temple, Dingzhou Museum and Temple, and updating the constructions on streets, continuing historic features of Song Dynasty, enhancing landscape and environmental construction and improving street traffic conditions.
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Golat, Rafał. "THE PROBLEMS OF MINORITIES IN MUSEUMS’ ACTIVITIES (LEGAL ASPECTS)." Muzealnictwo 58, no. 1 (March 17, 2017): 19–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0009.7637.
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Within the scope of their activity, some museums deal with the protection and dissemination of the cultural heritages of various minority groups. These include both museums which focus their attention on minority problems as such (e.g. museums run by minority churches or denominations), and those museums which deal with such issues to a greater or lesser extent because of their statutory objectives related to the cultural heritage of particular minorities (e.g. ethnographic museums). The provisions of the Act on museums do not include clear regulations with regard to the subject of minorities. Therefore, the provisions are construed with respect to other norms, relevant to the minorities’ activities. From among those provisions, these that deserve particular attention are, above all, provisions specifying the activities of NGOs, including associations and foundations, under which they frequently operate. Secondly, of importance are acts which specifically regulate the basis for how given minorities operate, i.e. especially the Act on national and ethnic minorities and on regional languages, the Act concerning the guarantees of conscience and religion, as well as those acts which determine the State’s approach towards particular churches and denominations. Formally, the extent to which a museum engages in a significant activity regarding a given minority is determined by the basic acts issued by the its administrator, which serve as the basis for its operation. Those include statutes (in the case of museums which are legal persons) or regulations (in the case of other museums). When a museum’s statute provides for such minority activity, its administrator is obliged to provide funding for it, regardless of additional financial support, in particular that coming from grants, and above all the one stipulated in the article 18 of the Act on national and ethnic minorities and on regional languages.
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Golat, Rafał. "IT ASPECTS OF MUSEUM OPERATIONS." Muzealnictwo 61 (March 9, 2020): 21–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.9717.
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In the current technological environment, operation of every institution, museum included, requires the use of IT networks, among them the internet. This results from the fact that museums have their respective websites and web addresses. Regardless of the technological aspects, the use of the internet by museums has to bear in mind legal requirements resulting in particular from the Act on Access to Public Information, this including the BIP page, namely that of the Bulletin of Public Information that allows to provide access to this kind of information within the range as defined in the above Act. The requirements of the accessibility of digital websites of public museums taking into account the needs of disabled citizens is specified by the Act on Accessibility of the Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies. Some of the provisions of the Act with respect to websites published before 23 September 2018 will come into force as of 23 September 2020. In the discussed context it also legal provisions related to IT assets that are of importance; these contain computer software and electronic databases. The legal status of these assets is specified in the provisions of the Act on Copyright and Related Rights (see its Arts. 3 and 7) as well as of the Act on Database Protection. Apart from the above, which, however, do not exhaust the whole range of the topic-related issues, it is also important to tackle the question of the digitizing of the assets (collections) that museums have at their disposal, in particular museum objects and images of people that constitute personal rights, which are digitized and disseminated online. Apart from the Act on Museums, particularly its Art. 25a, it is the Act on Copyright and Related Rights as well as the Civil Code that through the general provisions on the protection of personal rights, these also including images of people, give the prescriptive context to the problem.
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Pavlogeorgatos, G. "Environmental parameters in museums." Building and Environment 38, no. 12 (December 2003): 1457–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0360-1323(03)00113-6.
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Vieregg, Hildegard K. "Aspects Related to the Implementation of Ethical Principles in Museums." Muzeum Muzejní a vlastivedná práce 54, no. 1 (2016): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mmvp-2017-0002.
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Significant changes in museum studies - up to the commercialization - show that the basic remits of amuseum should be permanently reflected and modified in accordance with the ICOM Code of Ethics. Museum Ethics was discussed in the USA already in the 1920s. The latest results of the “Ethics Working Group” for museums of natural science at the International Council of Museums (ICOM NATHIST) showed the necessity to create general binding principles for museums of any typology. One of the most important aims of museums worldwide is to getthe cultural und natural heritage over to people of all groups of our society. “Art and Commerce” as well as ethically positive examples of museum conceptions will be explained on examples.
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Efstratiou, Nikos. "The archaeology of the Greek uplands: the early iron age site of Tsouka in the Rhodope Mountains." Annual of the British School at Athens 88 (November 1993): 135–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0068245400015926.
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The upland areas of Greece have long been outside the main focus of archaeological interest. With regard to prehistoric research, mountains were never seen as potential habitation areas, and recovery techniques had to address unusual environmental and geomorphological situations. Research in the Rhodopi mountains initiated by Komotini Museum attempts to illustrate some aspects of this upland archaeology. This article presents the results of excavation at an early iron age site which appears to give an insight into the habitation behaviour of the Thracian mountain population at the end of the 2nd millennium BC. It is proposed for the first time that a number of the so-called Thracian places found scattered all over the Rhodopi mountains are not, as at first thought, fortified acropoleis but sites with special functions, serving an agricultural and pastoral economy. It is further suggested that ethnoarchaeological observations can serve as valuable explanatory hypotheses which can be tested against the available excavation data.
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Shevchenko, S., P. Baranov, and R. S. Kirin. "On the potential of iron ore deposits of Krivbas from the positions of aesthetics, ecology and economy." Collection of Research Papers of the National Mining University 64 (2021): 213–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.33271/crpnmu/64.213.
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Purpose. Analysis of world experience in using the aesthetic potential of exploited mineral deposits, taking into account environmental problems and comparison with the opportunities that arise in the development of iron ore deposits in Kryvbas, to create a powerful multifunctional museum and tourist center. Method. The work uses general scientific research methods - empirical and theoretical (analysis, generalization, comparison, explanation). Part of the work is based on the results of previous studies. Results. It is shown that the ecological situation in Kryvbas due to the active development of iron ore deposits requires the restoration of a favorable geological environment through special investment projects, taking into account the aesthetic and ecological components. Decorative jespilites are considered as one of the most attractive aesthetic aspects of iron ore deposits and the possibility of creating highly artistic products that can reveal not only the beauty of this gem, but also recreate the history, geology, culture of this industrial center with vivid artistic images. In comparison with well-known world analogues, it is shown that Kryvbas as a unique region has all the necessary components to create a powerful cultural and educational museum (business center), which will attract interested tourists, including foreign ones, and eventually gain the status of a cultural monument. world recognition. Scientific novelty. The key aesthetic aspect is revealed and the realization of investment projects on restoration of the sustainable ecological environment on the exploited iron ore deposits of Kryvbas is substantiated taking into account the world tendencies and experience in this sphere. Practical significance. Examples of realization of world-famous ecological and aesthetic developments in the mining and geological field are given, decorative and artistic properties of jespilite in products and sketch projects are shown, comparison of Kryvbas potential with the operating cultural and educational center on the basis of Wieliczka mine (Poland) is made.
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Chernobay, Yuriy. "Museum representation of coevolutionary metamorphosis of the environment and behavior." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 36 (December 10, 2020): 3–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2020.36.3-14.
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The museum serves as an effective tool for learning and evaluating the latest signs of valorization of natural objects and environmental and social phenomena. Unlike departments and institutes specialized in biological disciplines, the museum has a wide range of cognitive competencies for the public. Social isolation, active transition to remote methods of communication, as well as psychological tensions make clear the socio-natural problems that existed before the pandemic. Along with a clear differentiation of methods of behaviorism and ethology, their nomenclature additions, it is necessary to use important manifestations of the integration of these areas of psychology. To solve this methodological problem by force only by methods of museological interpretations. The paradigm of coevolution provides an opportunity to operate with the concept of evolutionary process in relation to heterogeneous socio-biotic systems. In the Carpathian region, the sociological strategy should integrate the positive aspects of fragmentation. Models of such coevolutionary integration are various complexes – from indigenous soil-detrital complexes of substrates and reducers to coenopopulations of species. It is the soil profiles of succession series that reflect the history of coevolution of secondary ecosystems and act as reliable benchmarks in the diagnosis of probable changes. Behavioral principles of behavioral ecology should become a normative element in the knowledge of coevolutionary changes, and the museum serves as a universal center of analysis and forecast of further coevolutionary development of human-nature relations.
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Mityushin, D. A. "Information security aspects of virtual museums in Russia." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1047, no. 1 (February 1, 2021): 012087. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1047/1/012087.
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Pratesi, Giovanni, and Annarita Franza. "Mineralogical, petrological and planetological heritage. The (Italian) story so far." Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 32, no. 1 (January 28, 2021): 95–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12210-020-00970-2.
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AbstractThe goal of this work is to further increase the use, by all the stakeholders, of well-established and official cataloguing methods for the preservation, valorisation and study of naturalistic heritage. The work describes the standards of the Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation (ICCD) for cataloguing the Italian mineralogical, petrological and planetological heritage to the community of scientists, curators and museum practitioners. This work then provides an overview of the geoscientific heritage already catalogued through these standards and freely available for study and research purposes on the SIGECweb online database. Finally, the importance of a standardized cataloguing—in the comprehension of the historical, cultural and ethical aspects relative to the conservation and valorisation of the geoscientific heritage—will also be highlighted.
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Peppler, Kylie, Anna Keune, and Ariel Han. "Cultivating data visualization literacy in museums." Information and Learning Sciences 122, no. 1/2 (April 2, 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ils-04-2020-0132.
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Purpose This paper aims to explore what design aspects can support data visualization literacy within science museums. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative study thematically analyzes video data of 11 visitor groups as they engage with reading and writing of data visualization through a science museum exhibition that features real-time and uncurated data. Findings Findings present how the design aspects of the exhibit led to identifying single data records, data patterns, mismeasurements and distribution rate. Research limitations/implications The findings preface how to study data visualization literacy learning in short museum interactions. Practical implications Practically, the findings point toward design implications for facilitating data visualization literacy in museum exhibits. Originality/value The originality of the study lays in the way the exhibit supports engagement with data visualization literacy with uncurated data records.
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Vaughn, Princeton L., Wyatt Mcqueen, and Eric J. Gangloff. "Moving to the city: testing the implications of morphological shifts on locomotor performance in introduced urban lizards." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 134, no. 1 (June 16, 2021): 141–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab076.
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Abstract Understanding how morphology affects performance in novel environments and how populations shift their morphology in response to environmental selective pressures is necessary to understand how invaders can be successful. We tested these relationships in a global colonizer, the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), translocated to Cincinnati, OH, USA 70 years ago. We investigated how morphology shifts in this population inhabiting a novel environment, how these morphological shifts influence locomotor performance and how performance changes in novel conditions. We compared the morphology of museum specimens and current lizards to see which aspects of morphology have shifted over time. Although overall body size did not change, most body dimensions reduced in size. We measured sprint speed with a full-factorial design of substrate type, incline angle and obstacles. We identified a pattern of negative correlation in sprint performance between conditions with and without obstacles. The locomotor advantage of larger body size was diminished when obstacles were present. Finally, there was no relationship between individual variation in contemporary morphology and sprint performance, providing no support to the hypothesis that these shifts are attributable to selective pressures on locomotor performance in the conditions tested.
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Camuffo, D. "Environmental monitoring in four European museums." Atmospheric Environment 35 (2001): 127–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1352-2310(01)00088-7.
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Bitgood, Stephen C., and Ross J. Loomis. "Environmental Design and Evaluation in Museums." Environment and Behavior 25, no. 6 (November 1993): 683–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916593256001.
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Pick, James B. "Staffing and managerial aspects of information systems in art museums." ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel 14, no. 1-2 (November 1992): 66–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/147114.147125.
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Stroja, Jessica. "My history, your history, our history: Developing meaningful community engagement within historic sites and museums." Queensland Review 25, no. 2 (December 2018): 300–321. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2018.29.
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AbstractVarying models of community engagement provide methods for museums to build valuable relationships with communities. These relationships hold the potential to become ongoing, dynamic opportunities for active community participation and engagement with museums. Nevertheless, the nuances of this engagement continue to remain a unique process that requires delicate balancing of museum obligations and community needs in order to ensure meaningful outcomes are achieved. This article discusses how community engagement can be an active, participatory process for visitors to museums. Research projects that utilise aspects of community-driven engagement models allow museums to encourage a sense of ownership and active participation with the museum. Indeed museums can balance obligations of education and representation of the past with long-term, meaningful community needs via projects that utilise aspects of community-driven engagement models. Using an oral history project at Historic Ormiston House as a case study,1 the article argues that museums and historic sites can encourage ongoing engagement through active community participation in museum projects. While this approach carries both challenges and opportunities for the museum, it opens doors to meaningful and long-term community engagement, allowing visitors to embrace the museum and its stories as active participants rather than as passive consumers.
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Dyndar, Gleb I., and Elena A. Popova. "Some aspects of museums influence on the formation of historical memory." RUDN Journal of World History 12, no. 1 (December 15, 2020): 72–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-8127-2020-12-1-72-80.
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Museums are one of the most complex institutions of our time, which concentrate the implementation of many functions. One of them could be described as the formation of historical memory. The implementation of this function is associated with many aspects of a heterogeneous nature. The purpose of this article is to reveal these aspects. What was written in this article should be primarily attributed to historical museums, since they are precisely those institutions that are most closely interconnected with the concept of historical memory and historical knowledge. The aspects of historical memory formation discussed in this article will be described in the memory studies paradigm.
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Nsibambi, Fredrick. "Documenting and Presenting Contentious Narratives and Objects—Experiences from Museums in Uganda." Heritage 2, no. 1 (December 21, 2018): 27–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage2010002.
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Uganda is currently witnessing a new era, in as far as the safeguarding of cultural heritage is concerned. The preservation and presentation of cultural heritage objects is no longer a preserve of the state. National and community museums, totaling about 25, and spread across the country, are now preserving and presenting important aspects of Uganda’s diverse and multi-layered history as well as cultural heritage. Former leaders and political personalities are rarely documented. Even when documented by non-museum workers, their narratives are insufficiently presented in museums. Certain aspects of Uganda’s cultural heritage and history are silently being contested through museum spaces. The silent contestations are generally influenced by ethnicity, politics, and religion. Through this article, I intend to present the predicament of documenting contested histories and cultural heritage by Ugandan museums and provide examples of museum objects or aspects of Uganda’s cultural heritage, such as the narrative of “Walumbe” (death), that are subject to contestations.
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Tertyshnaya, Christina А. "Problems of Ethnographic and Local History Museums in the views of Researchers." Transaction Kola Science Centre 11, no. 1-2020 (October 19, 2020): 149–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.37614/2307-5252.2020.1.18.010.
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One of the important tasks of regional historical and ethnological research is to determine the ethnographic potential of regional and municipal museums. It matters pragmatically —for the development of the tourism industry, and in relation to the generalcultural, educational, scientific development. The purpose of the article is to review the main aspects of understanding problems related to ethnographic museums in domestic science. The problems of museums are studied in institutional and socio-cultural perspectives, including in the context of the processes of socio-cultural identification and commemoration. The main place is given to the thoughts of researchers about the “crisis of museums” and their development trends. The problems of Russian ethnographic museums are defined at the conceptual, institutional, socio-economic, socio-cultural levels.