Participatory Action Research with young people in museums
Abstract
Museums and galleries, having received increased funding to engage in their programmes young people who have traditionally been excluded by museums, are under pressure to demonstrate the impact of the programmes they offer. This paper drawing on a three-year Participatory Action Research (PAR) programme explores the hidden tensions that underpin the notion of young people's inclusion in museums. First it considers the reasons for adopting the PAR approach and presents its key principles. Then it reflects on the research processes and discusses the findings to provide an insight into the quality of the experiences offered to young people. It argues that there is an implicit deficiency perception of youth and suggests the use of PAR as a response both to the need for a deeper notion of inclusion and for research that values young people's voices.
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The lack of motivation to visit heritage exhibitions is particularly noticeable among adolescents, where exhibition information is often perceived as irrelevant.
“This issue is particularly noticeable among the adolescent population [11,12], where the information displayed during exhibitions is often perceived as irrelevant.”
From Motiv-ARCHE: co-creation of augmented reality educational content to motivate cultural and natural heritage learning (2025) · cites this paper as [12]
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Vargas, J. C. G., Fabregat, R., Carrillo-Ramos, A., & Jové, T. (2025) · Discover Applied Sciences · doi:10.1007/s42452-025-07842-0 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
- Authors
- Tzibazi, V.
- Affiliations
- University of Winchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Tzibazi, Vasiliki
- Venue
- Museum Management and Curatorship
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 153-171
- ISSN
- 0964-7775 (ISSN-L)
- 1872-9185
- OpenAlex
- W2063088828
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 51.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Museum Management and Curatorship (publishedVersion)
- UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
- Keywords
- participatory action research, youth, museum inclusion, youth voice, museum visitor experience, program impact evaluation
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