IDENTITY: YOURS, MINE, OURS EXHIBITION RESEARCH PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT FUNDED THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL 2012-2015 1 Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours Exhibition Evaluation Report Published by: Museum Victoria First printed: April 2016 This research evaluation was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP120100080) The research was conducted through Deakin University within the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, and included researchers at the University of Melbourne. The following are partner organisations on this project: Museum Victoria (Immigration Museum and Melbourne Museum) and the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. Research Evaluation Team Dr Jessica Walton (Research Fellow, Deakin University) Prof Yin Paradies (CIA, Deakin University) Deakin University – University of Melbourne – Museum Victoria – Prof Emma Kowal Prof Margaret Kelaher Dr Moya McFadzean Prof Fethi Mansouri Ms Carolyn Meehan Australian National University – Ms Jan Molloy Dr Naomi Priest Ms Linda Sproul Research Assistance Ms Melinda Herron Ms Hannah Reich Dr Philipp Schorch Recommended Citation Walton, J., Paradies, Y., McFadzean, M., Molloy, J., Sproul, L., Priest, N., Kowal, E., Mansouri, F., Kelaher, M., Meehan, C. 2016. Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours Exhibition Research Project Evaluation Report. Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria. Cover Image First Impressions Mirror Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours Exhibition Source – Museum Victoria 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................... 6 Executive Summary ............................................................................................... 7 About the exhibition .................................................................................................... 7 About the evaluation ................................................................................................... 7 Participants and methods ............................................................................................. 7 Key research findings ................................................................................................... 8 Impacts on students and teachers .............................................................................. 11 Summary of learnings from thematic research data .................................................... 13 Anticipating IYMO ...................................................................................................... 13 Encountering IYMO .................................................................................................... 13 Feeling IYMO ............................................................................................................. 13 Living IYMO ............................................................................................................... 14 Talking Identity .......................................................................................................... 14 Activating IYMO ......................................................................................................... 14 Teaching IYMO ........................................................................................................... 15 Impacts of IYMO ........................................................................................................ 15 Report recommendations ........................................................................................... 16 1. Exhibition description ...................................................................................... 18 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................... 18 1.2 Exhibition aims ..................................................................................................... 21 2. The Evaluation................................................................................................. 23 2.1 About the evaluation ............................................................................................ 23 2.2 School recruitment and Data collection ................................................................. 25 2.3 Participants .......................................................................................................... 26 2.4 Evaluation methods .............................................................................................. 28 2.4.1 Student focus groups ............................................................................................. 28 2.4.2 Student narrative interviews ................................................................................. 29 2.4.3 Student video diaries ............................................................................................. 29 2.4.4 Key informant interviews/focus group .................................................................. 30 2.4.5 Surveys ................................................................................................................... 30 2.5 Data analysis ........................................................................................................ 30 2.5.1 Qualitative analysis ................................................................................................ 30 2.5.2 Survey analysis ....................................................................................................... 31 3. Summary of Research Themes ......................................................................... 32 4. Research Theme 1: Anticipating IYMO ............................................................. 32 4.1 Students’ perspectives .......................................................................................... 32 4.2 Teachers’ perspectives .......................................................................................... 34 4.3 Introducing IYMO ................................................................................................. 36 4.4 What did we learn? .............................................................................................. 37 3 5. Research Theme 2: Encountering IYMO ........................................................... 38 5.1 First impressions, challenging stereotypes ............................................................. 38 5.1.1 ‘Welcome’ Video Installation: ................................................................................ 38 5.1.2 ‘First Impressions’ Touch Table ............................................................................. 42 5.1.3 Challenging stereotypes about Muslims................................................................ 45 5.2 Deepening interpersonal encounters .................................................................... 47 5.3 What did we learn? .............................................................................................. 51 6. Research Theme 3: Feeling IYMO ..................................................................... 51 6.1 An affective entrance ........................................................................................... 52 6.2 Feeling racism ...................................................................................................... 55 6.2.1 Shock and surprise ................................................................................................. 55 6.2.2 Sadness and anger ................................................................................................. 58 6.2.4 Guilt and embarrassment ...................................................................................... 61 6.3 What did we learn? .............................................................................................. 65 7. Research Theme 4: Living IYMO ....................................................................... 67 7.1 Experiences of belonging: Family, friends, social acceptance .................................. 67 7.2 Difficulties for belonging: Racism .......................................................................... 68 7.2.1 Prevalence of racism .............................................................................................. 68 7.2.2 Racism from the targets’ perspectives .................................................................. 70 7.2.3 Vicarious racism ..................................................................................................... 73 7.3 What did we learn? .............................................................................................. 76 8. Research Theme 5: Talking identity .................................................................. 77 8.1 ‘Having’ ethnicity or culture .................................................................................. 77 8.2 Contested identities ............................................................................................. 80 8.3 What did we learn? .............................................................................................. 85 9. Research Theme 6: Activating IYMO ................................................................ 86 9.1 Identifying racism ................................................................................................. 86 9.2 Bystander anti-racism ........................................................................................... 87 9.3 What did we learn? .............................................................................................