Interpreting Heritage: A Guide to Planning and Practice (Routledge Guides to Practice in Museums, Galleries and Heritage)

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illimitée sure une selection du catalogue : des milliers de titres Audible Originals, podcasts et livres audio. Perhaps these are only small changes, perhaps only a little at a time, but somehow people who have engaged with the interpretation we offer up to them may have had some change take place inside them. Drawing upon the author's professional experiences of working within, and for, the heritage sector, Interpreting Heritage provides advice and suggestions that will be essential for practitioners working in museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, outdoor sites, science centres, castles, stately homes and other heritage venues around the world. At first glance Tilden's principles seem simple and direct, but on reflection they are as paradoxical and poetic as the process of interpretation itself.

Plenty of interpreters today would argue there’s got to be more to interpretation than imparting information. It reminds us also of the importance of audiences – the visitors who come to experience our interpretive offerings, millions of them globally every year. They provoke peoples’ curiosity and interest by relating the site or objects to the participants’ own knowledge, experience, background and values.Interpreting Our Heritage is the defining work that firmly established interpretation in the National Parks as a professional, equal, and unique component of NPS park management. In the 1950s he was given freedom to wander the American National Parks and to come up with some new guidance that would underpin all of their public works. It can bring a sense of meaning or understanding to our heritage that goes way beyond simply factual learning. His book Interpreting Our Heritage (1957) was the result and is today a classic interpretive book that is still read and studied around the world. We acknowledge that the history of the RHS, which was founded in 1804, its collections, its publications, and the practice and science of horticulture have been shaped by the views and cultures of the past, and that over time values and attitudes have changed.

As a preservation activist he was one of the architects of the US National Parks Service, in part for the conservation and preservation of America’s natural beauty, but also to create spaces where people could commune with nature. A range of methods can be used to build up a clear picture of visitors and some links are included in the information section below. The numerous case studies and easy-to-remember guiding principles provide inspiration that you can put straight into practice. Under the Equality Act 2010, it is unlawful for service providers to treat disabled people less favourably than others.While interpretation is so often concerned with the transfer of knowledge between the heritage institution and the visitor, our job is not merely signposting or labelling heritage assets. By commissioning artists and other creative practitioners (such as poets, photographers, choreographers, etc) you are also able to create content which offers alternative perspectives and helps to fill gaps in your knowledge. If you’ve ever led a guided tour, you’ll appreciate how each of these are completely necessary traits for the live interpreter. That said, if we are going to work with colleagues across the heritage sector on interpretive projects, it would make sense to find at least some common ground – some language, terminology and frameworks that we share. Purpose [ edit ] A park ranger at Biscayne National Park in Florida, USA, show a hermit crab to children.

Interpreting Heritage　seems to be a progressive, strong, and forward-thinking foundation to a relationship between the heritage sector and its audiences based on dialogue, accessibility and inclusivity. Gardens and gardening have the power to enrich everybody’s life and one of the reasons for this is a rich heritage of a diverse garden flora, backed by horticultural and scientific knowledge.Slack also provides practical guidance about how to deliver different forms of interpretation, while avoiding potential pitfalls.