Archiving and Analyzing Children's Culture: Problems and Outcomes of an Innovative Project

Publication Type  Proceedings Article
Year of Publication  2007
Authors  Scheibelhofer, Paul; Pollak, Alexander
Conference Name  International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting - ICHIM07: Proceedings
Conference Start Date  October 24-26
Publisher  Archives & Museum Informatics
Conference Location  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Editor  Trant, Jennifer; Bearman, David
Keywords  museums and children; children's culture; communication strategies; encoding/decoding; film analysis
Abstract  

The paper presents outcomes of a recently finished project analyzing short films produced by children at Vienna's ZOOM Children's Museum. Both the process of production as well as the content of the films are analyzed. The possibilities and problems arising from such a project become visible in the analysis. Although complex and contradictory processes characterize the museum's project, its outcome, the films, are shown to be a valuable medium for documenting children's world-views and the communication strategies they apply to convey them.

URL  http://www.archimuse.com/ichim07/papers/scheibelhofer/scheibelhofer.html

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