Sharing Experiences: Exploring Participatory Design for Traveling Exhibits in Non-Traditional Host Sites

Carlos Hernandez
Exhibition and Experience Design

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Title
Sharing Experiences: Exploring Participatory Design for Traveling Exhibits in Non-Traditional Host Sites
Contributor Names
Hernandez, Carlos (Author)
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Exhibition and Experience Design (Degree granting institution)
Lyons, Christina (Thesis advisor)
Date
2024
Degree Information
M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2024
Department: Exhibition and Experience Design
Advisor: Christina Lyons
Committee members: Brenda Cowan; Brooke Carlson
Abstract
Museums are increasingly interested in growing their outreach and social presence in their home communities and beyond. Traveling exhibits have long provided a way for museums to connect with diverse and distant audiences outside of their home communities, however many traveling exhibits are designed primarily with peer institutions in mind. There is an opportunity to grow engagement with potential host organizations outside of the typical museum hierarchy and introduce museum content into more facets of our social infrastructure. Locally engaged organizations such as community centers, non-profits, universities, and libraries have rich insights and networks in their home communities and can use traveling exhibitions as a catalyst for developing unique, place-based experiences that enhance the visiting content. By incorporating participatory design strategies and encouraging co-creation with traveling exhibit content, designers can adapt traveling exhibitions to be more impactful and accessible to diverse hosting organizations and their communities.
Subject
Design
Museum studies
Keyword
Traveling exhibits
Social presence
Non-traditional host sites
Designers
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Identifier
FIT Repository ID: etd_001011
URN/ISBN: 9798302852984
Related Materials
Also available from ProQuest
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 86-07.
Type
Text
Thesis
Language
English
Publisher
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,

Citation

Hernandez, C. (2024). Sharing Experiences: Exploring Participatory Design for Traveling Exhibits in Non-Traditional Host Sites [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/599965
Hernandez, Carlos. Sharing Experiences: Exploring Participatory Design for Traveling Exhibits in Non-Traditional Host Sites. 2024. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/599965
Hernandez, Carlos. "Sharing Experiences: Exploring Participatory Design for Traveling Exhibits in Non-Traditional Host Sites." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2024. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/599965