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
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Paper 1: Participation and dialogue , cratorial reflexivity in participatory processes.
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Paper 2: Engaging through Co-design in the science museum. (forthcoming)
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Paper 3: Knowledge development through co-design actions and dialogue. (forthcoming)
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Podcast , co-desing partners discussing the Science, identity and reward research project.
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".

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.

