Our definition
Interpretation is the process of using objects and places to invite everyone to express themselves and their stories so that we collectively move the needle together on real-world issues.
Interpretation changes how people relate to and with themselves, each other, and the world.
What’s different?
We design around the audience, not the object. Resource preservation is a byproduct, not a destination. We prioritize bonding, social connection, and wellbeing outcomes over factual or cognitive learning outcomes.
How do we teach?
We break the interpretive experience down into parts then focus on a family of skills for each part: visioning, question-asking and active listening, and filtering.
- We anchor the interpretive experience in big, actionable, real-world issues by leading interpreters through visioning.
- We boost interpreters’ abilities to invite expression through question-asking and active listening.
- We support interpreters’ storytelling skills through exercises in filtering information.
The skillsets of visioning, questioning, and filtering scale from designing a 10-minute talk to a new exhibit.
