Encountering the muse: An exploration of the relationship between inspiration and information in the museum context

Latham, KF; Narayan, B; Gorichanaz, T

Encountering the muse: An exploration of the relationship between inspiration and information in the museum context

Latham, KF Narayan, B

Gorichanaz, T

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2019, 51 (4), pp. 1067 - 1076
Issue Date:: 2019-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Latham, KF	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Narayan, B https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-5589	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gorichanaz, T	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:10:26Z
dc.date.issued	2019-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2019, 51 (4), pp. 1067 - 1076	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0961-0006	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/124249
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2018. How are information and inspiration connected? Answering this question can help information professionals facilitate the pathways to inspiration. Inspiration has previously been conceptualized as a goal or mode of information seeking, but this says little about the nature of inspiration or how it is experienced. In this study, we explore the connection between information and inspiration through a qualitative approach, using the museum as our setting; specifically, the researchers’ own visits to three separate museums. We use collaborative auto-hermeneutics, a methodology specifically suited to such a reflexive exploration, to document and analyze three individual museum visits. The following research questions were the main driver for this exploratory study: What is inspiration, and How are inspiration and information related? In answer, we present an inductive definition of inspiration as a kind of information, and we discuss how this definition fits in with the information science literature as well as offer some practical applications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0961000618769976	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information & Library Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Encountering the muse: An exploration of the relationship between inspiration and information in the museum context	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
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utslib.for	0807 Library and Information Studies	en_US
utslib.for	0806 Information Systems	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
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Abstract:

© The Author(s) 2018. How are information and inspiration connected? Answering this question can help information professionals facilitate the pathways to inspiration. Inspiration has previously been conceptualized as a goal or mode of information seeking, but this says little about the nature of inspiration or how it is experienced. In this study, we explore the connection between information and inspiration through a qualitative approach, using the museum as our setting; specifically, the researchers’ own visits to three separate museums. We use collaborative auto-hermeneutics, a methodology specifically suited to such a reflexive exploration, to document and analyze three individual museum visits. The following research questions were the main driver for this exploratory study: What is inspiration, and How are inspiration and information related? In answer, we present an inductive definition of inspiration as a kind of information, and we discuss how this definition fits in with the information science literature as well as offer some practical applications.

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