UK (LSE)

The project focused on visits to three museums in Silicon Valley, USA in 2017.Field site A was a museum makerspace located in Marin, at the northern end of the San Francisco Bay. Many parents had high economic and cultural capital. The age range for children at this makerspace was three-to-ten. Field site B was a makerspace located in San Jose, a mixed ethnicity city, at the Southern end of Silicon Valley. While there was a wide range, the target age for this makerspace was six-to-nine-year olds. Field site C was a makerspace located across the bay from San Francisco in Berkeley, California. Although there was a range the target range for visitors were children aged four or five.Each museum makerspace was visited three to five times, for several hours per visit.Interviews were conducted with facilitators and families at each makerspace.Interviews were completed during each visit first with senior museum staff followed by families that agreed to speak with once given an information sheet and consent form.

本项目聚焦于2017年对美国硅谷三座博物馆的访问研究。研究地点A为位于旧金山湾北端马林县的博物馆创客空间（makerspace），该空间服务的儿童年龄范围为3至10岁，其家长多具备较高的经济与文化资本。研究地点B为位于硅谷南端、种族多元的圣何塞市的创客空间，尽管服务年龄范围较广，但其目标群体为6至9岁儿童。研究地点C为位于加利福尼亚州伯克利市（与旧金山隔湾相望）的创客空间，尽管服务年龄存在一定跨度，但其目标访客群体为4至5岁儿童。每个博物馆创客空间均被访问3至5次，每次访问时长为数小时。研究人员在各创客空间对工作人员及家庭群体进行了访谈：每次访问中，首先与博物馆资深员工访谈，随后对已收到信息表并签署知情同意书（consent form）的家庭进行访谈。