Harriet Purkis
Biographic Data
| ID | 2008488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harriet Purkis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harriet |
| FAMILY NAME | Purkis |
| SIGNATURE | PURKIS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making digital heritage about people's life stories
Actively creating new digital heritage content about people’s life histories is part of the democratisation of heritage engagement with the public. The approach of documenting unofficial histories is supported by a growing literature. Unofficial stories contribute new perspectives on the heritage identity of a region. The case study of the ‘Local People’ exhibition, curated by the author in 2013 in the North West of Ireland, is used to discuss th…
Making Contact in an exhibition zone
The 'museum as contact zone' (Clifford 1997: 192) has been a concept that has theoretically framed the inclusion of different cultures in museums. The contact zone concept has been revisited, for example by Boast 2011. Further, the idea of the 'dialogic contact zone' (Witcomb 2003; Bennett 2006) is used in relation to exhibition communication techniques that aim to establish a dialogue on cultural diversity between visitors, exhibitions and curat…
Making digital heritage about people's life stories
Actively creating new digital heritage content about people’s life histories is part of the democratisation of heritage engagement with the public. The approach of documenting unofficial histories is supported by a growing literature. Unofficial stories contribute new perspectives on the heritage identity of a region. The case study of the ‘Local People’ exhibition, curated by the author in 2013 in the North West of Ireland, is used to discuss th…
Making Contact in an exhibition zone
The 'museum as contact zone' (Clifford 1997: 192) has been a concept that has theoretically framed the inclusion of different cultures in museums. The contact zone concept has been revisited, for example by Boast 2011. Further, the idea of the 'dialogic contact zone' (Witcomb 2003; Bennett 2006) is used in relation to exhibition communication techniques that aim to establish a dialogue on cultural diversity between visitors, exhibitions and curat…
Making Contact in an exhibition zone
The 'museum as contact zone' (Clifford 1997: 192) has been a concept that has theoretically framed the inclusion of different cultures in museums. The contact zone concept has been revisited, for example by Boast 2011. Further, the idea of the 'dialogic contact zone' (Witcomb 2003; Bennett 2006) is used in relation to exhibition communication techniques that aim to establish a dialogue on cultural diversity between visitors, exhibitions and curat…
Making digital heritage about people's life stories
Actively creating new digital heritage content about people’s life histories is part of the democratisation of heritage engagement with the public. The approach of documenting unofficial histories is supported by a growing literature. Unofficial stories contribute new perspectives on the heritage identity of a region. The case study of the ‘Local People’ exhibition, curated by the author in 2013 in the North West of Ireland, is used to discuss th…
Art (2 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (2 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Cognitive reframing (1 work)