The study explores the meaning-making of cultural heritage in school field trips to five sites in the region Östergötland in Sweden. It treats the materiality of the place and experiences of the guides and the pupils, obtained in school as well as in other contexts, as meaning-making resources during the site visits. It emphasises that sites should be seen as processes, open to interpretations and reinterpretations. The visitor is steered by expectations and common values as well as by the ways in which the heritage site is displayed and presented. In the present study, both adults (guides) and children (pupils) are defined as visitors. The authors draw on theories from history education research and from heritage studies when interpreting how pupils encounter heritage sites, they underline the centrality of 'the flesh and embodied agency' in the experience of sites. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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1. Introduction; 2. Theory and Method; 3. Alvastra, Motala Mill Site and Middle Ages in the Cathedral; 4. Löfstad Palace and Bomtorpet; 5. Discussion.
The Element draws on the material and affective turns, discussing how pupils and onsite-educators experience historic sites on school trips.
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ISBN
9781009517195
Publisert
2024-05-23
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Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
260 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
82