Transcript Presentation slides - Fiona Hutchison

The Socio-Cultural Impact
of Museums on their Local
Communities: The case of
the Royal Albert Memorial
Museum (RAMM)
Fiona C. Hutchison
Outline of Presentation
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Context for this project- the RAMM
Reasons for Studentship
Objectives
Focus for the research
Methods
Plan for remainder of project
Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)
Reasons for Studentship
• Aim:
This studentship sets to investigate, capture and analyse the range
of socio-cultural impacts generated by the RAMM in the period
immediately after its re-opening
• Drivers:
 Highlight the socio-cultural impacts
 Looks at whole museum service
 Contribution to knowledge
 Academic study (methodological rigour)
 Practical use (not simply a theoretical exercise)
Objectives
Review the range of preferred indicators of socio-cultural impact and their reasons
for selection
Develop a deeper understanding of the academic and practical issues surrounding
the examination of socio-cultural impacts
Examine the extent to which existing ideas and experiences of impact assessment
may be transferred to museums and galleries
Develop a strategy to capture the socio-cultural impacts of the reopening of RAMM
in 2011
To analyse the findings and to learn the early lessons of the socio-cultural impacts
To develop a toolkit and best practice guide.
Focus
Impact for community
Pride and identity
Stewardship
Partnership working
Bringing people together
Impact for individuals
Social elements
Learning
Connection with objects
Emotional responses
Methods
Mixed methods:
Large scale
survey
Large scale
survey
pre-opening
post-opening
Interviews
Plan for Remainder
of Project
Thank you for listening.
• Research presented here was conducted during an ESRC Studentship
under its Capacity Building Clusters Award (RES-187-24-0002) in
partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
• For more information about this project and the work of the Centre for
Sport, Leisure and Tourism research, see www.ex.ac.uk/slt.
• Contact Fiona Hutchison on [email protected]
• Photos (c) 2011 Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery and
Exeter City Council.