manan dedhia

9 months ago

Learning

I was asked the below question in a survey run by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, to which I make at least 1 visit a year. 

It took me a long time to come up with an answer and another tunnel down the memories. 

I have a fuckin brick thick binder of experiences that drove me away from learning - but it’s maybe more telling that I have chosen to keep the negative experiences logged and pushed the good ones to the back. 

Think back to one or two learning experiences you have had that have stuck with you. Where the information shared was meaningful to you, or the learning experience was extremely effective.

We'd like to know more about one of those experiences, such as:

Where did the experience take place? Was it in school, on your own, in a museum, or some other place?

What happened during the experience? That is, was it primarily the imparting of facts/knowledge, did it tell a story, did you do something, or was it something else?

What made the experience so effective or meaningful for you?

And given your answer, what would you like museums to do better to create more of these experiences for you?

Never miss a post from
manan dedhia

Get notified when manan dedhia publishes a new post.

View Profile

The user has disabled comments for their posts.

Participate in the conversation.

Read More

Art is everywhere

Prologue: Conversations about museums tend to go in a few deterministic directions, but the most prominent one is“…but i don’t understand Art or know anything about Art. Museums are so boring.“

A History

The newness of everything had faded. Even momentary renewal would have helped. So I left. Went as far as I dared. When the scenery was just about unidentifiable, I stopped. Near a cinema. Went in and bought a ticket. Didn't know what was playing or when.

Wonderment

11 years ago, I recall my first day at Novartis' head office in Worli. It was my first experience in a corporate setting, my internship that was going to get me my first paycheck. It was thrilling and exciting, and I felt like the world was my playground. I remember having a new ...

Better: a Surgeon’s Notes on Performance

“What does it take to be good at something in which failure is so easy, so effortless?” This is the main question that ‘Better: a Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande’ attempts to answer. It lays down three core requirements for success in medicine, and by extension in...