Conversations and interactions in families' tour in the virtual exhibition Biodiversidade: conhecer para preserver at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo

Abstract

The research aimed to understand the experience of 10 family groups in the virtual exhibition " Biodiversidade: conhecer para preservar", at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, observing the conversations and interactions that took place during them. To this end, families were invited to take a virtual tour and record their interactions and conversations using the Flashback Recorder program, these recordings were then coded and analyzed using the Dedoose software. After the visit, the group participated in a semi-structured interview, which was also coded and analyzed. The results of the research indicate the importance of conversations about science during interactions between adults and children and the importance of textual elements as resources to which visitors resort to base and deepen their scientific knowledge about museum objects, also being stimuli for conversations of scientific themes. In addition, it was observed that prior interest and knowledge, even when not made explicit during the visit, incite its realization, reading of textual content, and engagement with objects.

Keywords:
virtual exhibition; family audience; science talks; science centers and museums