Ethnographical Museums

Understanding Museums - Museums, education and visitor experience

 Introduction: learning, the visiting experience and the art museum as educator, Des Griffin and Leon Paroissien  ‘Protecting the past, safeguarding the future’: museum studies, the profession and museum practice in Australia, Jennifer Barrett  What's driving children's cultural participation?, Barbara Piscitelli  The museum education mix: students, teachers and museum educators, Janette Gr...

Interactive Museums

Hands-on: Museums are no longer somber places housing artifacts that cannot be touched or where monotone, guided tours are organized and pre-determined for you. Instead, they are taking on a role of being entertaining as well as educational. Interactive and multimedia exhibits give visitors the ability to discover and learn at their own pace, plus, they engage individuals, keeping them interest...

[Learning through diabetes operative groups: an ethnographical approach].

This work has emerged from one of the core themes of research undergone in my masters' course at the Federal University of Minas Gerais - School of Nursing. In order to understand group learning, we used the theoretical references of Pichon-Riviére. According to this author, learning is an indicator of uttermost importance in group processes. Through process interactions, a learning mechanism u...

Ethnographical Study of Postpartum Practices and Rituals in Altit Hunza

Postpartum, a critical period for both mother and new born baby, entirely changes the life of a woman. This study aims to understand the perception of postpartum, the postpartum practices and rituals in Altit Hunza community, the nutritional regime for the mother and her new born baby, the cultural and health barriers faced by the women during the postpartum period, and to understand their know...

Virtual Museums Transnational Network