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Zigging and zooming all over the place: Young children’s meaning making and movement in the museum
This article draws attention to the walking and running of young children as a key element of their multimodal communicative practices. In addition, the article argues that the walking and running of young children can be seen as a place-making activity,acknowledging the power of young children to create meaning in their world. Drawing
on ethnographic data from ongoing research with young children and their families in museums, I present some examples of ways in which young children move during museum visits as a powerful, intentional and communicative practice. Focusing on young children’s perspectives of the museum as a place of primary importance enables us to understand the walking and running of young children in the context of their communicative practices in an embodied, emplaced and experienced world.
Keywords
multimodality, literacy, young children, museum, place, walking
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