Museology Key Concepts
Ethics
Education
Communication
Research
Mediation (Interpretation)
Communication (C) is the action of conveying information between one or several emitters (E) and one or several receivers (R) through a channel
In the museum context communication emerges both as the presentation of the results of research undertaken into the collections (catalogues, articles, conferences, exhibitions) and as the provision of information about the objects in the collections (the permanent exhibition and the information connected with it).
Generally speaking, education means the training and development of human beings and their capacities by implementing the appropriate means to do so.
Museum education can be defined as a set of values, concepts, knowledge and practices aimed at ensuring the visitor’s development; it is a process of acculturation which relies on pedagogical methods, development, fulfilment, and the acquisition of new knowledge.
Generally speaking, ethics are a philosophical discipline in philosophy that deals with identifying values which will guide both private and public human conduct.
Within the museum, ethics can be defined as the discussion process aimed at identifying the basic values and principles on which the work of the museum relies.
Mediation is defined as an action aimed at reconciling parties or bringing them to agreement.
In the context of the museum, it is the mediation between the museum public and what the museum gives its public to see; intercession, intermediate, mediator.
Research consists of exploring predefined fields with the purpose of advancing the knowledge of these and the action it is possible to carry out in these fields.
In the museum, research consists of the intellectual activities and work aimed at discovery, invention, and the advancement of new knowledge connected with the museum collections, or the activities it carries out.
Dominique Macriz R.
Related more to the conventional definition of research, and just like in the museum, Psychologists must aim to discover a connect with people.
Just like a museum board, a Psychologist must determine the values and principles by which he/she will work by.
Psychologist often works as mediatizas between patients and familiar, or institutions. We're familiar with the work that involves mediating.
Communications is our biggest asset as Psychologists.
Psychologist, just as museums, must ensure the visitor's development through education.