Coda: posthumous conversations. A reading group to discuss the work of Dr Elee Kirk

In May 2017, a group of museum researchers and practitioners met to discuss the writing of Elee Kirk (1977-2016), whose pioneering doctoral study of young children visiting a natural history museum connects with our own work and practice in a number of different ways. Kirk [2015. "Budding Photo...

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Published in:Children's geographies 2018-09, Vol.16 (5), p.571-577
Main Authors: Hackett, Abigail, MacRae, Christina, McCall, Katy, Penfold, Louisa, Wallis, Nicola, Bates, Elaine, Cooke, Lucy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
children
Children & youth
Digital photography
improvisation
Museums
Photography
visual methods
Young Children
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Summary:In May 2017, a group of museum researchers and practitioners met to discuss the writing of Elee Kirk (1977-2016), whose pioneering doctoral study of young children visiting a natural history museum connects with our own work and practice in a number of different ways. Kirk [2015. "Budding Photographers: Young Children's Digital Photography in a Museum." In Museums and Visitor Photography: Redefining the Visitor Experience, edited by T. Stylianou-Lambert. MuseumsEtc] advocates for research that views children's everyday museum visiting 'beyond their potential for learning' (p. 238). This paper offers edited transcripts of the discussion sparked by reading Kirk [2015. "Budding Photographers: Young Children's Digital Photography in a Museum." In Museums and Visitor Photography: Redefining the Visitor Experience, edited by T. Stylianou-Lambert. MuseumsEtc], documenting the conversation under a number of themes that emerged during the discussion, and reflecting on how each are picked up in more detail by the papers in this Special Issue.
ISSN:1473-3285
1473-3277
DOI:10.1080/14733285.2018.1497142