"For This and Future Generations": Cultivating Meanings at Crater Lake National Park

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dc.contributor.advisorHeath, Kingstonen_US
dc.contributor.authorLester, Sarahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T17:45:32Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T17:45:32Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractThe National Park Service strives to connect the natural and cultural resources located within its national parks to the visitors that experience them. These connections must be on personal, meaningful levels to fulfill the agency mission. Within this thesis, an analytical framework entitled the Mission and Meanings Triad Model (MMTM) is proposed to examine the process of "meaning formulation" in a national park setting. The MMTM takes into account the interdependent nature of three mission-driven factors: the park's resources, interpretation, and the visitor experience. An audience-centered perspective is emphasized within the model to ensure that the end result is the meaningful connection itself, rather than merely an "interpretive opportunity." To illustrate the MMTM, an analysis is undertaken of Crater Lake National Park and its interpretive offerings during the summer 2013 and winter 2014 seasons. Through this field and document analysis, multiple recommendations regarding the improvement of interpretive components are suggested.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/18361
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectInterpretationen_US
dc.subjectNational parksen_US
dc.subjectVisitor experienceen_US
dc.title"For This and Future Generations": Cultivating Meanings at Crater Lake National Parken_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies Program: Historic Preservationen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US

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