Revisiting the museum experience
Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to the area of museum experience research, by exploring how consumers build stories to tell different experiences generated from a visit to a museum and by viewing these inductive findings in the light of recent research on consumption experiences (Lanier and Rader, 2015). Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study is conducted. Twenty-three narratives were analysed relating a visit to ZKM museum in Karlsruhe (Germany) using narrative analysis techniques, as they are suitable to capture sensations, emotions and feelings. Findings: ZKM museum emerges from the analysis of the narratives as a cradle for stochastic experiences (Lanier and Rader, 2015). The narratives develop several episodes that correspond to performance and liberatory experiences. A reconceptualization of the museal experience is proposed as a mesh of performance, stochastic or liberatory episodes, that capture the subject’s perspective. Research limitations/implications: The study was limited to students who were 19-23 years of age and to one museum. Future research should include a wider age group and other museums. Practical implications: The findings provide useful insights for curators, educators and exhibit designers staging museal experiences. Social implications: The findings provide a better understanding of different experiences occurring in the same experiential context and their meaning from the subject’s perspective. Originality/value: Lanier and Rader (2015) typology has not yet been tested in a museal context. The findings suggest that the same context can generate a set of various episodes (performance, liberatory, stochastic) within a given experience. From a methodological perspective, the results show that qualitative approaches are relevant to segment the museal offer based on sought experiences.
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2018
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Authors: | Roederer, Claire ; Filser, Marc |
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Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal. - Emerald, ISSN 1352-2752, ZDB-ID 2012932-4. - Vol. 21.2018, 4 (10.09.), p. 567-587
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Emerald |
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