Visualizing the Zoo Visitor Experience, Intersecting Space and Meaning-Making

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dc.contributor.advisorAlsop, Steven John
dc.creatorBentley, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-15T20:05:08Z
dc.date.available2014-07-15T20:05:08Z
dc.date.copyright2014-02-26
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T16:49:04Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis study explores how the educational intentions of a site of informal science education, the Toronto Zoo, as well as, its potential for meaning‐making, are translated in the lived experience of its visitors. It explores these experiences geographically by tying the spatial and physical environment to the interpretations made by visitors. It cartographically juxtaposes "objective" investigations of space, namely space syntax and wayfinding analyses, with "subjective" measures of the visitor experience, obtained through an on‐site Visitor Study, which revealed possible links between space and visitors' use of the site and meaning-making experiences. The value of geographically representing visitors’ experiences to a cultural institution through the unique use of mobile digital technology is discussed. Conclusions are drawn about the connection between space and the visitors’ meaning‐making experiences, and about how an institution’s educational intentions might be better realized or even re-defined with reference to the insights gained in this thesisen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27649
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectEducational evaluationen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectDesignen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInformalen_US
dc.subject.keywordsToronto Zooen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEducationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEvaluationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsVisitor behaviouren_US
dc.subject.keywordsDesignen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWay-findingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.keywordsVisualen_US
dc.subject.keywordsVisualizationsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMappingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMapsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsThematic analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsContent analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSpaceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMeaning-makingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMuseumsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLearningen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNon-formalen_US
dc.titleVisualizing the Zoo Visitor Experience, Intersecting Space and Meaning-Makingen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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