This post is my opinion on why the ‘silent’ tour guide participant – or the introvert – is the type of visitor Tour Guides or Interpreters may moan about but is also very much the type of visitor you want at your museum, park or attraction. As someone who has been involved in the world …
When considering engagement with a piece of text, cognitive load can make it or break it. When we read text, be it an interpretive panel, a blog post, or a chapter of a book for example, we may feel we are just reading it. Our brains, however, are hard at work navigating the transfer, or …
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As an interpretive writer, I find it useful to be aware of the processes that lead to memory. Like looking at the starry night sky and being reminded of our own smallness in the grand scheme of things, considering these neurological processes reminds me that the text/panel is but one small piece of a much, …
As we zip through the years, with digital media ever more pervasive and slicker, you could be forgiven for thinking that the age of the written word or interpretive panels is dead or dying when it comes to visitor engagement. It is easier than ever to create and post video content and thanks to COVID, …
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