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Science, identity and belonging

Co-designing with young people at a science museum - a qualitative study of process

This is a PhD research supervised by the School of Museum Studies , University of Leicester. In Oslo Dagny Stuedahl from the Department of journalism and media studies at Oslo Metropolitan University is the co-supervisor.

By Torhild Skåtun , museum pedagogue, PhD

From the autumn of 2016 until spring 2020 a collaborative partnership has been established with youths from 16 to 19 years, a cross professional team at NTM, an external museum researcher from Oslo Met, university students and children aged 10-13. All in all, 22 people have been involved in this qualitative study of a co-design process.

The first series of co-design workshops led to the production of a sound-based installation, The Sound of FOLK as part of the FOLK exhibition.

This co-design research project is closely connected to the temporary exhibition; PEOPLE from racial types to DNA sequences (2018-19).

Collaborative designing of the digital installation "The Sound of FOLK".

people operating the digital installation The sound of PEOPLE

The Sound of FOLK , on ​​display connected to the FOLK exhibition.

The Sound of Folk , Participatory Design of a Sound-Driven Museum Installation, Tobias Messenbrink, Master Thesis, Informatics: design, use, interaction UiO 2018.


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