2017
DOI: 10.1177/109258721702200204
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Can an Immersion Exhibit Inspire Connection to Nature and Environmentally Responsible Behavior?

Abstract: Nature centers, museums, zoos, and other exhibit-based institutions need to sustain or increase visitation for economic viability. To generate visitor interest, exhibits have become more interactive, with immersion exhibits becoming increasingly popular. Visitor research has traditionally focused on learning or social aspects of the visitor experience rather than psychological dimensions related to attitudes, values, and behaviors. Yet nature-focused institutions increasingly support broad-based issues, such a… Show more

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“…However, further investigation is needed to determine the true influence of interactive experiences on the likelihood of visitors attending to educational signage. The findings align with prior research demonstrating a link between interaction with animals and increases in guest engagement (Clayton et al, 2009;Pennisi, 2017). The results of the study also echo previous findings in which zoo visitors prefer to interact with a live interpreter than read traditional exhibit signage (Ogle, 2016b).…”
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confidence: 89%
“…However, further investigation is needed to determine the true influence of interactive experiences on the likelihood of visitors attending to educational signage. The findings align with prior research demonstrating a link between interaction with animals and increases in guest engagement (Clayton et al, 2009;Pennisi, 2017). The results of the study also echo previous findings in which zoo visitors prefer to interact with a live interpreter than read traditional exhibit signage (Ogle, 2016b).…”
supporting
confidence: 89%
“…Historic discourse concerning wildlife and what it means to be wild has traditionally evoked a romanticizing of nature as pristine and free from human influence (Braverman, 2015). As was noted by the following reviewer, the viewing of civets in bare cages evoked a sense of unease for tourists more familiar with naturalistic captive environments: The likening of native habitats to a zoo environment highlights the effectiveness of naturalistic zoo exhibits for promoting positive visitor perceptions (Pennisi et al, 2017). Kopi luwak agrotourism, in contrast, presents a conflicting narrative.…”
Section: Emergent Themesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Where the media and the public condemn practices such as captive orca performances at SeaWorld and orangutan boxing in Thailand as exploitative (for examples see Bitsky, 2017, andFluckiger, 2019), immersive eco-tourism such as wildlife tours are often promoted for their conservation potential (Stronza, & Pêgas, 2008); arguably achieved through the dilution of the human-animal divide. Contemporary zoological collections have also adopted strategies to diminish the sense of human domination of wildlife, a solution partly achieved by the transition from traditional cages to immersive zoo experiences (Pennisi et al, 2017). Zoological exhibits have progressed in their naturalistic aesthetic, with barred walls giving way to moats and glass windows (Grazian, 2012), all in an attempt to bring the human in to what visitors perceive as animal-dominated landscapes, despite most zoos being located in urban environments (Braverman, 2011).…”
Section: Nonhuman Animal Displaysmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This orientation, which is referred to in the literature as “small self,” seems to “enable individuals to fold into collaborative social groups, and engage in collective action” (Piff et al, 2015, p. 883). Individuals primed to experience awe are more likely to describe themselves in terms that emphasize their membership in universal groups (e.g., “I am an inhabitant of the Earth”) and to express an increased desire to act in ways that go beyond their own self‐interest to benefit the collective, such as donating their time or money to others and engaging in environmentally responsible behaviors (Pennisi et al, 2017; Prade & Saroglou, 2016; Shiota et al, 2007).…”
Section: Conceptual Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%