Les caractéristiques de la contextualisation chez des adultes visiteurs de musée

Authors

  • Estelle Chamberland Université de Montréal
  • Collete Dufresne-Tassé Université de Montréal

Abstract

Résumé

Vu que le contexte n'est pas un simple assemblage d'éléments extérieurs reliés à une situation, mais qu'il constitue la réalité sensible et subjective qu'expérimente 1'individu, toute tentative pour comprendre le fonctionnement humain exige que l'on comprenne comment 1'individu contextualise chaque chose, chaque événement pour se créer une image cohérente du monde. On a peu de connaissances sur le processus de contextualisation, particulièrement dans des situations caractérisées par un haut degré de liberté. Une étude exploratoire a été menée auprès d'adultes qui visitent un musée de sciences naturelles afin de découvrir les principales caractéristiques de leur démarche lorsqu'ils tentent de donner un sens à ce qu'ils voient. Trois catégories de caractéristiques ont été identifiées ainsi que les tendances des visiteurs pour chacune d'elles: la source d'alimentation, 1'orientation de l'attention et le mode d'approche de 1'objet. En définitive, il ressort des résultats de cette recherche que le processus de contextualisation est largement déterminé par les dispositions fondamentales particulières de 1'individu envers le monde extérieur.

Considering that the notion of context cannot be defined as a simple assemblage of external elements connected to a particular situation, but rather constitutes the subjective reality that one experiences at every moment, it becomes evident that any attempt to understand human functioning requires an understanding of how the individual contextualizes each thing, each event, in order to construe a coherent image of the world. Very little is known about the contextualization process, especially in situations characterized by a high degree of freedom. An exploratory study has been conducted with adults visiting a natural history museum. The aim of this research was to discover the main characteristics of their approach while they were trying to give meaning to what they were seeing. Three categories of characteristics have been identified as well as the inclinations of visitors towards each of them, the sources of reference, the orientation of the focus and the modes through which one approaches the objects. It appears from the results of this research that the contextualization process is to a large extent determined by the fundamental attitude of an individual towards the external world.

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1992-11-01

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Chamberland, E., & Dufresne-Tassé, C. (1992). Les caractéristiques de la contextualisation chez des adultes visiteurs de musée. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 6(2), 17–32. Retrieved from https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae/article/view/3013

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Vol 6, No 2(1992)

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