tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22975372.post3381840200534625715..comments2024-03-03T19:33:21.648+11:00Comments on Audience Research: A suitcase of portable meaningLynda Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13250840956155339043noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22975372.post-17062560068516070912007-07-20T21:11:00.000+10:002007-07-20T21:11:00.000+10:00I am an architect. In the design process It can be...I am an architect. In the design process It can be useful to use metaphor as central idea. When making design decisions you are able to evaluate the proposal against the metaphor/central idea. The better metaphor will work on many different levels and scales. A poor metaphor can be abandoned. The metaphor/central idea can also be used to assist in explaining the proposal to clients, builders etc.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518204959047267335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22975372.post-26334513109646087642007-06-21T13:47:00.000+10:002007-06-21T13:47:00.000+10:00I like to see narrative as just one of several app...I like to see narrative as just one of several approaches. <BR/><BR/>The Entry Point Approach identifies five entry points based on Gardiner's intelligences. <BR/><BR/>The five Entry Points that they find useful for museum exhibition development and evaluation are: Aesthetic, Narrative, Logical/Quantitative, Foundational<BR/>and Experiential.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps narrative and metaphor can be the Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037804717667251460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22975372.post-54197754441377776272007-06-17T19:14:00.000+10:002007-06-17T19:14:00.000+10:00Thanks for this thoughtful post Gillian, and welco...Thanks for this thoughtful post Gillian, and welcome to the blog!<BR/><BR/>I've been very interested in the ideas of narrative and museum exhibitions, and I think that there are many parallels with metaphor.<BR/><BR/>As i wrote in my thesis:<BR/><BR/>Museums are ideal places where stories can be told that encourage visitors to make their own meanings. Bedford (2001) noted that: <I>"Stories are Lynda Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250840956155339043noreply@blogger.com