Palmyre Pierroux

Associate Professor - InterMedia

Norwegian

Email palmyre@intermedia.uio.no

Phone +47 22840737

Mobile phone +47 45432464

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Visiting address InterMedia Forskningsparken House 4 Level 3 Gaustadalléen 21

Postal address PB 1161 Blindern Oslo 0318

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Academic Interests

My research focuses on meaning making in museums and other semi-formal learning contexts, and on the role of new media and technologies in different aspects of knowledge production. I am particularly interested in how knowledge and participation are produced in such settings, and the ways in which these intersect with formal learning activities in schools. Currently, I lead the CONTACT project, which explores the design and use of multitouch surfaces, social media, ubiquitous computing, and mobile personal technologies for meaning making in different museum settings.

Research Networks (member)

Culture KICK (2011 - 2014) Knowledge, Innovation, and Commercializing Knots for design research within digital heritage, financed by Nordic Council of Ministers

Inremo (2011- 2014) National network contributing to innovation in digital representations and interactive models, financed by The Research Council of Norway

MuSuCol (2011 - 2012) Multiple Surfaces for Collaborative Learning, financed by EU NoE Stellar Theme Team

Kultrans, UiO strategic network, under the theme Kulturproduksjon: materialitet og estetikk

NordLearn - Nordic Center for Research and Learning (2009 - 2011), financed by NordForsk

The Culture of Ubiquitous Information (2009 - 2012), financed by NordForsk

Kaleidoscope, European Network of Exellence

MUSTEL, Designing for Technology Enhanced Learning in Museums (2007), financed by EU Kaleidoscope NoE

Academic Background

PhD (Dr. Polit.), Educational Psychology, Meaning, Learning and Art in Museums, University of Oslo, 2006

Master of Arts, Art History, Art in Networks, University of Oslo, 1998

Bachelor of Applied Arts, Environmental Design, San Diego State University, 1983

Appointments

InterMedia, UiO, Board Member, Representative for the scientific staff

InterMedia, UiO, Leader Group

Museum of Natural History, UiO, Board Alternate Member, External Scientific Representative

Review Work and Memberships

EARLI (Member)
Designs for Learning (Advisory Board)
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
ALT-J Research in Learning Technology (Routledge)
Museums on the Web Conference (Archives & Informatics)
CSCL – Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (Conference)
ISLS – International Society of the Learning Sciences (Member)
IADIS – International Association for Development of the Information Society (Conference)
ICLS – International Conference of the Learning Sciences (Conference)
NORDES – Nordic Design Research (Conference)
NODEM – Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums (Program Committee 2008)

Supervision

PhD Students

Main supervisor, Ingvild S. Andreassen. Open Archaeology. Development of a learning and dissemination environment for archeology. InterMedia, UiO.

Main supervisor, Rolf Steier. Learning Landscapes. Space and New Technology in Museum Learning. InterMedia, UiO.

Mentor, Daniela Bauer, Looking through the “expert-coloured glasses”: Training visual competences of museum visitors to help them understand works of art. Knowledge Media Research Centre (KMRC), Tübingen, Germany

Master students

Co-supervisor, Lisa Amalie Elle, Nettsider som kommunikasjon - praksis og endring ved Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design. IKOS, UiO.

Teaching

2011 - 2012 PhD course, Topics in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, InterMedia, UiO.

2011 (Fall) 'Digitization in archaeology and (re)presentations of the past', PhD course, Dialogues with the Past. The Nordic Graduate School in Archaeology, (IAKH), UiO

2010 (Fall) 'Digital Media and Museological Practice,' Master's program MUSE4002 Museum: Kontekst og kommunikasjon, Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), UiO

2009 (Fall) 'The Exploded Museum,' Master's program Interaction Design, (AHO) College of Architecture, Oslo

2008 (Spring) 'Meaning, learning, and dialogue in art encounters', Bachelor program Curator Studies, Telemark University College, Norway.

2008 (Spring) 'Social software, design and learning', Master's program MEVIT2500 Digital Media: Construction and Interpretation, (IMK), UiO.

2007 (Fall) 'Communicative Genres and Meaning Making: Analytical Approaches', PhD Seminar, Dialogism, Inter-subjectivity and Language - Past and Present, (PFI), UiO

2005 (Fall) 'Perspectives on meaning making in art and learning theories', Bachelor program Curator Studies at Telemark University College, Norway

Tags: museum, informal learning, education technology, art history

Publications (selected)

Steier, R. and Pierroux, P. (2011) What is ‘the concept’? Sites of conceptual understanding in a touring architecture workshop, Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy, 6 (3): 138-156. pdf

Pierroux, P. and Kluge, A. (2011) Bridging the Extended Classroom: Social, Technological and Institutional Challenges, Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy, 6 (3): 115-121. pdf

Pierroux, P., Krange, I. and Sem, I. (2011) Bridging Contexts and Interpretations: Mobile Blogging on Art Museum Field Trips, Mediekultur, 50: 25-44. pdf

Pierroux, P. and Skjulstad, S. (2011) Composing a public image online: Art museums and narratives of architecture in Web mediation, Computers & Composition, 28: 205-214. pdf

Pierroux, P. (2005) Dispensing with Formalities in Art Education Research. Nordisk museologi, 2: 76-88. pdf

Pierroux, P. (2003) Communicating Art in Museums: Language Concepts in Art Education. Journal of Museum Education, 28 (1): 3-8. pdf

Pierroux, P. (2012) Real Life Meaning in Second Life Art. In B. Gentikow, E. Skogseth, and Østerud, S. (Eds.) Literacy Practices in Late Modernity. Managing Technological and Cultural Convergencies, ( Chapter 10, pp. 177-198). Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ. pdf

Pierroux, P. (2010) Guiding Meaning on Guided Tours. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition, (Chapter 14, pp. 417-450). Hampton Press: Cresskill, NJ. pdf

Pierroux. P. (2009) Newbies and Design Research: Approaches to Designing a Learning Environment Using Mobile and Social Technologies. In Vavoula, G., Kukulska-Hulme, A. and Pachler, N. (Eds.) Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Methods and Research Designs, (Chapter 18, pp. 291-318). Bern: Peter Lang. pdf

Rudi, J. and Pierroux, P. (2009) Framing Learning Perspectives in Computer Music Education. In Dean, R. (Ed.) Oxford Handbook of Computer Music and Digital Sound Culture, (Chapter 26, pp. 536-556). Oxford University Press: Oxford. pdf

Selected Conference Proceedings

Pierroux, P., Rasmussen, I., Lund, A., Smørdal, O., Stahl, G., Larusson, J. A. Alterman, R. (2008) 'Supporting and Tracking Collective Cognition in Wikis', ICLS'08 Proceedings of the 8th international conference, International conference for the learning sciences, International Society of the Learning Sciences, Vol. 3. pdf

Pierroux, P., Kaptelinin, V., Hall, T., Walker, K., Bannon, L. & Stuedahl, D. (2007) 'MUSTEL: Framing the Design of Technology-Enhanced Learning Activities for Museum Visitors', in International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting (ICHIM07): Proceedings, J. Trant and D. Bearman (eds). Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. 2007. pdf

Pierroux, P. (2007) 'Museology and the Problem of Interiority', In Aronson, P. (Ed.) Museum landscapes: Zoning in on a complex cultural field, Linköping University Electronic Press, pp. 217-223. pdf