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Object literacy

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33: 103:"Object literacy is a special skill gained through the process of discovery and discussion about original objects. It is a skill which, like others, must be learned. Museums have original objects, artifacts, or works of art. Therefore, museums are logical places in which to teach people to become object literate." — Sally Leahy (1995) 93:
is a relatively new term that has grown out of object-based learning (OBL), a fundamental approach to teaching the practice of museum and library work. The increasing availability of digital images and texts makes objects more accessible than ever. There is an increasing interest in the physicality
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Object literacy recognizes "the current trend for printed material and text as a visual medium" in which people "study ways in which the physical aspects of rare books contribute to the understanding the
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Object Literacy: Research through Epigraphy and Inscriptions in Chinese Art History: A CHASE Cohort Development Fund doctoral training program for 2017–18 comprising three one-day workshops held at
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of the object or text, and a growing understanding of the need to understand objects and texts in the fullest, most comprehensive context.
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Tabitha Tuckett and Elizabeth Lawes, "Object literacy at University College London Library Services",
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to establish its current use and the impact the term has had on its field. Otherwise consider
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Carin Jacobs, "Beyond the field trip: museum literacy and higher education",
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Sally Leahy, "Object Literacy," The Docent Educator 4.3 (Spring 1995): 17.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09647770902731585
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Object Literacy
neologism
protologism
more reliable sources
renaming
Learn how and when to remove this message
visual literacy
University College London
SOAS
Victoria & Albert Museum
British Museum
British Library
Epigraphy
Museum studies
Visual literacy
http://www.museum-ed.org/object-literacy/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09647770902731585
https://doi.org/10.1017/alj.2017.13
"Object Literacy"
Object-based Learning
Categories
Literacy
Epigraphy

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