Tag: Interpretation
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New training module: Giving Great Guided Tours
It’s interesting that some of our best modules come out of museum’s specific requests. In this case, Barbara’s new workplace, the Kauri Museum had a specific need. They only had two staff-members who knew how to give an introductory tour to the frankly massive facility, yet demand was only increasing. Tom sat down with Barbara…
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Interpre-meme: Enjoyment
More training tools for interpreters that go beyond a dry text-heavy document. Find the other Intrepre-Memes here and here.
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Two new interpretive training modules!
We just enjoy the virtual medium so much, we can’t stop. Check out our training page, for two new interpretive training modules. THE INTERPRETER’S TOOLBOX: Tours, Demonstrations, Conversations and When to Use Them Length: 1 hour. Recommended audience: 3-10 persons Delivered via: Zoom, Google Meets. To a tour guide, everyone looks like an audience with…
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Interpre-Memes: Part 2
More training tools for interpreters that go beyond a dry text-heavy document. Find the other Intrepre-Memes here. This is one is one of my favourites, even if it comes from the author of “White Man’s Burden”. The next was a recent discovery while reading Tolkien’s Letters. It is, I will admit, written a very Oxford…
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Review: A Tale of Three Hills and Two Monuments
Tom Long, 2021 I want to tell you about the three kopjes in South Africa, each with its own museum on top. (You could visit my 2017 travel blog here if you were so inclined). The Voortrekker Monument atop a tall hill (or kopje) caught my eye because of its colonial and “pioneer” narrative and…
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From word balloons to historic sites: What heritage can learn from graphic historical fiction
Tom Long, 2021 Comic books and history are not strangers. Next time you are in your local bookstore, find the (nowadays guaranteed) graphic novel section -stroll past the men in tights and teen manga- and you may find some of these interesting works of historical fiction. As museum and heritage people, there’s a lot we…
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Interpre-Memes: Part 1
Training tools for interpreters that go beyond a dry text-heavy document. This is one I found on facebook and inspired my own creations. My first try was a bit explanatory, but tried to get across one of my fundamental principles of interpretation. My second effort was a bit more in keeping with modern memes. Here’s…
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Interpretation Canada Article: Program Creation
This article was originally published in InterpScan, the Interpretation Canada magazine in Spring 2011. Why do this?
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