Caroline Claisse

My dissertation, 'Interpretive handling objects for mediating experiential learning in gallery settings', won a distinction. I have recently presented my research and practice at museum conferences, looking particularly at how creative, participatory and tactile experiences can encourage visitors’ engagement and create new insights into the artefacts on display. 

Through my practice I create tools to encourage creativity and imagination that stimulate participants’ meaning-making, based on constructionist principles. My work encourages participants to both create and reflect on physical artefacts that are shared with others to open a dialogue from someone’s particular perspective, facilitating the emergence of new ideas.

During my MA I also worked on a variety of research projects which involved co-design, multimodal and art-based approaches, looking for example at Parkinson’s patients. More recently, I have been working on a year-long, AHRC-funded project to design video games for hospitalised children.