Bibliography for the Introduction of Flourishing in museums
Part l. Introduction - Flourishing in Theory, Experience, and Practice
Ackerman, A., Anderson, G., Bailey, D. (2021). Inside Out Outside In: A resilience model for museums offers strategies to address challenging realities. Museum: AAM.
Bedford, L. (2016). The art of museum exhibitions: How story and imagination create aesthetic experiences. London: Routledge.
Brahms, L. & Fullenkamp, A. (2019). Building a culture for kindness through collaborative design. In, Gokcigdem, E. M. (ed). Designing for empathy: Perspectives on the museum experience (pp. 165-201). New York; London Rowman and Littlefield.
Brown S. (2018). Love and happiness in garden conservation. Australian Garden History 11–13.
Bunch, L. (2020). “Racism, Unrest, and the Role of the Museum Field,” (special session). American Alliance of Museums Virtual Annual Meeting and Museum Expo. Retrieved from: https://www.aam-us.org/2020/06/09/racism-unrest-and-the-role-of-the-museum-field/
Bushe, G. (2007). Appreciative Inquiry is not (just) about the Positive. OD Practitioner, 39(4): 30-35.
Butler, T. (2011). Imagining the happy museum. In Museums of ideas: Commitment and conflict: A collection of essays (pp. 32–51). MuseumsEtc.
Cameron, Kim S. 2007. Positive organizational scholarship: foundations of a new discipline. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Pub.
Cameron, K., Dutton, J., Quinn, R. (2012). Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Chatterjee, H. J., & Noble, G. (2016). Museums, health and well-being. Routledge.
Chorell, T. G. (2021) Modes of historical attention: wonder, curiosity, fascination. Rethinking History, 25(2): 242-257.
Cooperrider, D., Sorenson P. (2005). Appreciative Inquiry: Foundations in Positive Organization Development. Chicago, IL Stipes Publishing.
Cotter K., Crone D. ,& Pawelski J. (2023). Flourishing aims of art museums: a survey of art museum professionals. Empirical Studies of the Arts 52–79.
Cotter, K., Crone, D., Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, R.; Boerwinkle, M.; Silvia, P.J.; Pawelski, J. (2022). Examining the Flourishing Impacts of Repeated Visits to a Virtual Art Museum and the Role of Immersion. Behav. Sci. 12: 500.
Cowan, B., Laird, R. A., & McKeown, J. (2020). Museum objects, health and healing: The relationship between exhibitions and wellness. New York, NY: Routledge.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. New York: Harper & Row.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1993). The evolving self: A psychology for the third millennium. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Hermanson, K. (1995). Intrinsic motivation in museums: Why does one want to learn? In J. Falk & L. D. Dierking (Eds.), Public institutions for personal learning: Establishing a research agenda (pp. 67–77). Washington, DC: American Association of Museums.
Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Robinson, R. E. (1990). The art of seeing: an interpretation of the aesthetic encounter. Malibu, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.: J.P. Getty Museum; Getty Center for Education in the Arts.
Desmarais, S., Bedford, L., & Chatterjee, H. (2018). Museums as spaces for wellbeing: A second report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing. National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing.
Dodd, J., & Jones, C. (2014). Mind, body, spirit: how museums impact health and wellbeing. Leicester, England: Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.
Dweck C. S. (2017). Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential (Updated edition revised). Robinson.
Echarri, F., & Urpi, C. (2018). Mindfulness in Art Contemplation. The Story of a Rothko Experience. Journal of Museum Education, 43(1), 35–46.
Erdman, S. (2019). The Care and Keeping of Museum Professionals. Independent Publishing.
Falk, J. H. (2006). An identity-centered approach to understanding museum learning. Curator: The Museum Journal, 49(2), 151–166.
Falk, J. H. (2009). Identity and the museum visitor experience. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Left Coast Press.
Falk, J.H. (2021). The Value of Museums: Enhancing Societal Well-Being. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Filep S. Laing J. & Csikszentmihalyi M. (2017). Positive tourism. Routledge.
Fredrickson, B. (2009) Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3-to-1 Ration That Will Change Your Life. Westminster: Potter/Ten Speed/ Harmony/Rodale.
Garner, J., Kaplan, A., & Pugh, K. (2016). Museums as contexts for transformative experiences and identity development. Journal of Museum Education, 41(4), 341–352.
Garthe C. (2022). The sustainable museum how museums contribute to the great transformation. London: Routledge.
Garth, C. (2020). Sustainability Management in Museums: A new Approach to Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. ICOM News, Retrieved from https://icom.museum/en/news/icom-voices-sustainability-management-museums/
Gökçigdem, E. M. (2019). Designing for empathy: Perspectives on the museum experience. New York; London Rowman et Littlefield.
Gökçigdem, E. M. (2016). Fostering empathy through museums. Blue Ridge Summit: Rowman & Littlefield Publ.
Gopnik, A. (2007). The Mindful Museum. Museum News, 86(6), 36–41.
Gordon E. J. (2017). "The good the bad and the ugly": a model for reflective teaching practices in coaching pedagogy. Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators 21–27.
Gorichanaz, T. and K.F. Latham. (2019). “Contemplative Aims for Information.” Information Research 24:3.
Greenshields M. & Polkinghorne S. (2022). Love is a lens: locating love in library and information studies. Library Trends 458–471.
Gurian, E. H. (2006). The essential museum. Museums Aotearoa Conference, Hawke’s Bay Museum, New Zealand, 19 April 2006.
Ioannides, E. (2017). Museums as Therapeutic Environments and the Contribution of Art Therapy. Museum International, 68(271–272), 98–109.
Janes, R. R. (2010). The mindful museum. Curator: The Museum Journal, 53(3), 325–338.
Jennings, G., Cullen, J., Bryant, J., Bryant-Greenwell, K., Mann, S., Hove, C., & Zepeda, N. (2019). The Empathetic Museum: A New Institutional Identity. Curator:The Museum Journal, 62, 4, 505-526.
Kaplan, S., Bardwell, L. V., & Slakter, D. B. (1993). The museum as a restorative environment. Environment and Behavior, 25(6), 725–742.
Kaplan, R., & Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative environment. In The experience of nature: A psychological perspective, 177–200. Ann Arbor, MI: Ulrich’s Bookstore.
Laszlo, C., Brown, J., Ehrenfeld, J., Gorham, M., Barros-Pose, I., Robson, L., Saillant, R., Werder, P. (2014). Flourishing enterprise: The new spirit of business. Stanford, California: Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press
Latham, K.F. (2016). Psychological flow and the numinous museum experience. University of Michigan Working Papers in Museum Studies, Number 11. Retrieved from: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Latham-working-paper-FINAL-pdf.pdf
Latham, K. F. (2013a). Numinous experiences with museum objects. Visitor Studies, 16(1), 3–20.
Latham, K. F. (2013b). Experiencing documents. Journal of Documentation, 70 (4), 544-561.
Latham, K. F. (2007). The poetry of the museum: A holistic model of numinous museum experiences. Museum Management and Curatorship, 22(3), 247–263.
Latham, K. F. (2009). Numinous experiences with museum objects (PhD). Emporia State University, Emporia, KS.
Latham, K., & Simmons, J. (2014). Foundations of museum studies: Evolving systems of knowledge. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Lawler, N. & Tissot, A. (2021) Preserving the intangible and immeasurable: exploring wellbeing frameworks in the museum context. Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 44(3): 248-259
Loewenstein, G. (1994). The psychology of curiosity: A review and reinterpretation. Psychological Bulletin, 116(1), 75–98.
McTaggart L. (2007). The intention experiment: using your thoughts to change your life and the world. Free Press.
Meadows, D. H., & Wright, D. (2008). Thinking in systems: A primer. Chelsea Green Pub.
Michelbach, A. (2013). Are museum professionals happy? Exploring well-being across domains and in the workplace (Thesis). University of Washington. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/23533
Mickel, A. (2021). Systems Thinking and Change: A Guide for Landscape Stewardship Practitioners. California Landscape Stewardship Network.
Morse N. (2022). Museum as a space of social care. Routledge.
Murawski, Mike. (2021). A Better Future for Museums: The need for a human-centered approach to museum practice has never been more urgent. Museum, November-December: 16-19.
Norris L. & Tisdale R. (2014). Creativity in museum practice. Left Coast Press.
Packer, J. (2006). Learning for fun: The unique contribution of educational leisure experiences. Curator: The Museum Journal, 49(3), 329–344.
Packer, J., & Bond, N. (2010). Museums as restorative environments. Curator: The Museum Journal, 53(4), 421–436.
Paris, S. G., & Mercer, M. J. (2002). Finding self in objects: Identity exploration in museums. Learning Conversations in Museums, 401–423.
Perry, D. L. (1993). Beyond cognition and affect: The anatomy of a museum visit. In D. Thompson, S. Bitgood, A. Benefield, H. Shettel, & R. Williams (Eds.), Visitor studies: Theory, research and practice: Collected papers from the 1993 Visitor Studies Conference, Albuquerque, NM (6: 43–47). Jacksonville, AL: Visitors Studies Association.
Perry, D. L. (2002). Profound learning: Stories from museums. Educational Technology, 42(2), 21–25.
Perry, D. L. (2012). What makes learning fun: Principles for the design of intrinsically motivating museum exhibits. Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press.
Peters D. H. (2014). The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking? Health Research Policy and Systems 51–51.
Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Poirier, Liz & Robinson, Lyn. (2014). Informational balance: Slow principles in the theory and practice of information behaviour. Journal of Documentation. 70. 687-707.
Quinn, R. (2015). The positive organization: Breaking free from conventional cultures, constraints, and beliefs. Oakland: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Rao, S. (2018). Objective Lessons: Self-Care for Museum Workers (1st ed.). Middletown, DE: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Roberts, L. (1990). The elusive qualities of “affect.” Association of Science-Technology Centers, 19–22.
Roberts, L. (1992). Affective learning, affective experience: What does it have to do with museum education. Visitor Studies: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4, 162–168.
Rounds, J. (1999). Meaning making: A new paradigm for museum exhibits? Exhibitionist, 18(2), 5–8.
Rounds, J. (2006). Doing identity work in museums. Curator: The Museum Journal, 49(2), 133–150.
Ryding, K.C. (2020). The Silent Conversation: Designing for Introspection and Social Play in Art Museums. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Salom, A. (2008). The therapeutic potentials of a museum visit. The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 27, 98–103.
Seligman, M. (2012). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. Simon and Schuster.
Seligman, M., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. The American Psychologist, 55(1), 5–14.
Senge P. M. (2006/1990). The fifth discipline: the art and practice of the learning organization (Rev. and updated). Doubleday/Currency.
Silverman, L. H. (2010). The social work of museums. London; New York: Routledge.
Silverman, L. H. (2000). Making meaning together: Lessons from the field of American history. In J. S. Hirsch & L. H. Silverman (Eds.), Transforming practice: Selections from the Journal of Museum Education, 1992-1999 (pp. 230–239). Washington, DC: Museum Education Roundtable.
Silverman, L. H. (1999). Meaning making matters: Communication, consequences, and exhibit design. Exhibitionist, 18(2), 8, 10–13.
Silverman, L. H. (1995). Visitor meaning-making in museums for a new age. Curator: The Museum Journal, 38(3), 161–170.
Smith, J. S., & Zimmermann, C. (2017). The Sanctuary Series: Co-Creating Transformative Museum Experiences. Journal of Museum Education, 42(4), 362–368.
Thomson, L. J., Ander, E. E., Menon, U., Lanceley, A., & Chatterjee, H. J. (2011). Evaluating the therapeutic effects of museum object handling with hospital patients: A review and initial trial of well-being measures. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 2(1), 37–56.
Vaish A. Grossman T. & Woodward A. (2008). Not all emotions are created equal: the negativity bias in social-emotional development. Psychological Bulletin 383–403.
Wallace, B. A., & Shapiro, S. L. (2006). Mental balance and well-being: Building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology. American Psychologist, 61(7), 690–701.
Watson, S. (2013). Emotions in the history museum. In, Macdonald, S., & Leahy, H. R. (Eds). The international handbooks of museum studies: Museum theory. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Weil, S. E. (2002). Making museums matter. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Worline, M. & Quinn, R., (2003). Courageous Principled Action. In, K. Cameron, J. Dutton, R. Quinn (eds), Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline, (pp. 138-157). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Worts, Douglass. (2016). Museums: Fostering a culture of ‘Flourishing. Curator, The Museum Journal, 59(3).
Ackerman, A., Anderson, G., Bailey, D. (2021). Inside Out Outside In: A resilience model for museums offers strategies to address challenging realities. Museum: AAM.
Bedford, L. (2016). The art of museum exhibitions: How story and imagination create aesthetic experiences. London: Routledge.
Brahms, L. & Fullenkamp, A. (2019). Building a culture for kindness through collaborative design. In, Gokcigdem, E. M. (ed). Designing for empathy: Perspectives on the museum experience (pp. 165-201). New York; London Rowman and Littlefield.
Brown S. (2018). Love and happiness in garden conservation. Australian Garden History 11–13.
Bunch, L. (2020). “Racism, Unrest, and the Role of the Museum Field,” (special session). American Alliance of Museums Virtual Annual Meeting and Museum Expo. Retrieved from: https://www.aam-us.org/2020/06/09/racism-unrest-and-the-role-of-the-museum-field/
Bushe, G. (2007). Appreciative Inquiry is not (just) about the Positive. OD Practitioner, 39(4): 30-35.
Butler, T. (2011). Imagining the happy museum. In Museums of ideas: Commitment and conflict: A collection of essays (pp. 32–51). MuseumsEtc.
Cameron, Kim S. 2007. Positive organizational scholarship: foundations of a new discipline. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Pub.
Cameron, K., Dutton, J., Quinn, R. (2012). Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Chatterjee, H. J., & Noble, G. (2016). Museums, health and well-being. Routledge.
Chorell, T. G. (2021) Modes of historical attention: wonder, curiosity, fascination. Rethinking History, 25(2): 242-257.
Cooperrider, D., Sorenson P. (2005). Appreciative Inquiry: Foundations in Positive Organization Development. Chicago, IL Stipes Publishing.
Cotter K., Crone D. ,& Pawelski J. (2023). Flourishing aims of art museums: a survey of art museum professionals. Empirical Studies of the Arts 52–79.
Cotter, K., Crone, D., Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, R.; Boerwinkle, M.; Silvia, P.J.; Pawelski, J. (2022). Examining the Flourishing Impacts of Repeated Visits to a Virtual Art Museum and the Role of Immersion. Behav. Sci. 12: 500.
Cowan, B., Laird, R. A., & McKeown, J. (2020). Museum objects, health and healing: The relationship between exhibitions and wellness. New York, NY: Routledge.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. New York: Harper & Row.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1993). The evolving self: A psychology for the third millennium. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Hermanson, K. (1995). Intrinsic motivation in museums: Why does one want to learn? In J. Falk & L. D. Dierking (Eds.), Public institutions for personal learning: Establishing a research agenda (pp. 67–77). Washington, DC: American Association of Museums.
Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Robinson, R. E. (1990). The art of seeing: an interpretation of the aesthetic encounter. Malibu, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.: J.P. Getty Museum; Getty Center for Education in the Arts.
Desmarais, S., Bedford, L., & Chatterjee, H. (2018). Museums as spaces for wellbeing: A second report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing. National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing.
Dodd, J., & Jones, C. (2014). Mind, body, spirit: how museums impact health and wellbeing. Leicester, England: Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.
Dweck C. S. (2017). Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential (Updated edition revised). Robinson.
Echarri, F., & Urpi, C. (2018). Mindfulness in Art Contemplation. The Story of a Rothko Experience. Journal of Museum Education, 43(1), 35–46.
Erdman, S. (2019). The Care and Keeping of Museum Professionals. Independent Publishing.
Falk, J. H. (2006). An identity-centered approach to understanding museum learning. Curator: The Museum Journal, 49(2), 151–166.
Falk, J. H. (2009). Identity and the museum visitor experience. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Left Coast Press.
Falk, J.H. (2021). The Value of Museums: Enhancing Societal Well-Being. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Filep S. Laing J. & Csikszentmihalyi M. (2017). Positive tourism. Routledge.
Fredrickson, B. (2009) Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3-to-1 Ration That Will Change Your Life. Westminster: Potter/Ten Speed/ Harmony/Rodale.
Garner, J., Kaplan, A., & Pugh, K. (2016). Museums as contexts for transformative experiences and identity development. Journal of Museum Education, 41(4), 341–352.
Garthe C. (2022). The sustainable museum how museums contribute to the great transformation. London: Routledge.
Garth, C. (2020). Sustainability Management in Museums: A new Approach to Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. ICOM News, Retrieved from https://icom.museum/en/news/icom-voices-sustainability-management-museums/
Gökçigdem, E. M. (2019). Designing for empathy: Perspectives on the museum experience. New York; London Rowman et Littlefield.
Gökçigdem, E. M. (2016). Fostering empathy through museums. Blue Ridge Summit: Rowman & Littlefield Publ.
Gopnik, A. (2007). The Mindful Museum. Museum News, 86(6), 36–41.
Gordon E. J. (2017). "The good the bad and the ugly": a model for reflective teaching practices in coaching pedagogy. Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators 21–27.
Gorichanaz, T. and K.F. Latham. (2019). “Contemplative Aims for Information.” Information Research 24:3.
Greenshields M. & Polkinghorne S. (2022). Love is a lens: locating love in library and information studies. Library Trends 458–471.
Gurian, E. H. (2006). The essential museum. Museums Aotearoa Conference, Hawke’s Bay Museum, New Zealand, 19 April 2006.
Ioannides, E. (2017). Museums as Therapeutic Environments and the Contribution of Art Therapy. Museum International, 68(271–272), 98–109.
Janes, R. R. (2010). The mindful museum. Curator: The Museum Journal, 53(3), 325–338.
Jennings, G., Cullen, J., Bryant, J., Bryant-Greenwell, K., Mann, S., Hove, C., & Zepeda, N. (2019). The Empathetic Museum: A New Institutional Identity. Curator:The Museum Journal, 62, 4, 505-526.
Kaplan, S., Bardwell, L. V., & Slakter, D. B. (1993). The museum as a restorative environment. Environment and Behavior, 25(6), 725–742.
Kaplan, R., & Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative environment. In The experience of nature: A psychological perspective, 177–200. Ann Arbor, MI: Ulrich’s Bookstore.
Laszlo, C., Brown, J., Ehrenfeld, J., Gorham, M., Barros-Pose, I., Robson, L., Saillant, R., Werder, P. (2014). Flourishing enterprise: The new spirit of business. Stanford, California: Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press
Latham, K.F. (2016). Psychological flow and the numinous museum experience. University of Michigan Working Papers in Museum Studies, Number 11. Retrieved from: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Latham-working-paper-FINAL-pdf.pdf
Latham, K. F. (2013a). Numinous experiences with museum objects. Visitor Studies, 16(1), 3–20.
Latham, K. F. (2013b). Experiencing documents. Journal of Documentation, 70 (4), 544-561.
Latham, K. F. (2007). The poetry of the museum: A holistic model of numinous museum experiences. Museum Management and Curatorship, 22(3), 247–263.
Latham, K. F. (2009). Numinous experiences with museum objects (PhD). Emporia State University, Emporia, KS.
Latham, K., & Simmons, J. (2014). Foundations of museum studies: Evolving systems of knowledge. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Lawler, N. & Tissot, A. (2021) Preserving the intangible and immeasurable: exploring wellbeing frameworks in the museum context. Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 44(3): 248-259
Loewenstein, G. (1994). The psychology of curiosity: A review and reinterpretation. Psychological Bulletin, 116(1), 75–98.
McTaggart L. (2007). The intention experiment: using your thoughts to change your life and the world. Free Press.
Meadows, D. H., & Wright, D. (2008). Thinking in systems: A primer. Chelsea Green Pub.
Michelbach, A. (2013). Are museum professionals happy? Exploring well-being across domains and in the workplace (Thesis). University of Washington. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/23533
Mickel, A. (2021). Systems Thinking and Change: A Guide for Landscape Stewardship Practitioners. California Landscape Stewardship Network.
Morse N. (2022). Museum as a space of social care. Routledge.
Murawski, Mike. (2021). A Better Future for Museums: The need for a human-centered approach to museum practice has never been more urgent. Museum, November-December: 16-19.
Norris L. & Tisdale R. (2014). Creativity in museum practice. Left Coast Press.
Packer, J. (2006). Learning for fun: The unique contribution of educational leisure experiences. Curator: The Museum Journal, 49(3), 329–344.
Packer, J., & Bond, N. (2010). Museums as restorative environments. Curator: The Museum Journal, 53(4), 421–436.
Paris, S. G., & Mercer, M. J. (2002). Finding self in objects: Identity exploration in museums. Learning Conversations in Museums, 401–423.
Perry, D. L. (1993). Beyond cognition and affect: The anatomy of a museum visit. In D. Thompson, S. Bitgood, A. Benefield, H. Shettel, & R. Williams (Eds.), Visitor studies: Theory, research and practice: Collected papers from the 1993 Visitor Studies Conference, Albuquerque, NM (6: 43–47). Jacksonville, AL: Visitors Studies Association.
Perry, D. L. (2002). Profound learning: Stories from museums. Educational Technology, 42(2), 21–25.
Perry, D. L. (2012). What makes learning fun: Principles for the design of intrinsically motivating museum exhibits. Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press.
Peters D. H. (2014). The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking? Health Research Policy and Systems 51–51.
Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Poirier, Liz & Robinson, Lyn. (2014). Informational balance: Slow principles in the theory and practice of information behaviour. Journal of Documentation. 70. 687-707.
Quinn, R. (2015). The positive organization: Breaking free from conventional cultures, constraints, and beliefs. Oakland: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Rao, S. (2018). Objective Lessons: Self-Care for Museum Workers (1st ed.). Middletown, DE: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Roberts, L. (1990). The elusive qualities of “affect.” Association of Science-Technology Centers, 19–22.
Roberts, L. (1992). Affective learning, affective experience: What does it have to do with museum education. Visitor Studies: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4, 162–168.
Rounds, J. (1999). Meaning making: A new paradigm for museum exhibits? Exhibitionist, 18(2), 5–8.
Rounds, J. (2006). Doing identity work in museums. Curator: The Museum Journal, 49(2), 133–150.
Ryding, K.C. (2020). The Silent Conversation: Designing for Introspection and Social Play in Art Museums. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Salom, A. (2008). The therapeutic potentials of a museum visit. The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 27, 98–103.
Seligman, M. (2012). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. Simon and Schuster.
Seligman, M., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. The American Psychologist, 55(1), 5–14.
Senge P. M. (2006/1990). The fifth discipline: the art and practice of the learning organization (Rev. and updated). Doubleday/Currency.
Silverman, L. H. (2010). The social work of museums. London; New York: Routledge.
Silverman, L. H. (2000). Making meaning together: Lessons from the field of American history. In J. S. Hirsch & L. H. Silverman (Eds.), Transforming practice: Selections from the Journal of Museum Education, 1992-1999 (pp. 230–239). Washington, DC: Museum Education Roundtable.
Silverman, L. H. (1999). Meaning making matters: Communication, consequences, and exhibit design. Exhibitionist, 18(2), 8, 10–13.
Silverman, L. H. (1995). Visitor meaning-making in museums for a new age. Curator: The Museum Journal, 38(3), 161–170.
Smith, J. S., & Zimmermann, C. (2017). The Sanctuary Series: Co-Creating Transformative Museum Experiences. Journal of Museum Education, 42(4), 362–368.
Thomson, L. J., Ander, E. E., Menon, U., Lanceley, A., & Chatterjee, H. J. (2011). Evaluating the therapeutic effects of museum object handling with hospital patients: A review and initial trial of well-being measures. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 2(1), 37–56.
Vaish A. Grossman T. & Woodward A. (2008). Not all emotions are created equal: the negativity bias in social-emotional development. Psychological Bulletin 383–403.
Wallace, B. A., & Shapiro, S. L. (2006). Mental balance and well-being: Building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology. American Psychologist, 61(7), 690–701.
Watson, S. (2013). Emotions in the history museum. In, Macdonald, S., & Leahy, H. R. (Eds). The international handbooks of museum studies: Museum theory. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Weil, S. E. (2002). Making museums matter. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Worline, M. & Quinn, R., (2003). Courageous Principled Action. In, K. Cameron, J. Dutton, R. Quinn (eds), Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline, (pp. 138-157). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Worts, Douglass. (2016). Museums: Fostering a culture of ‘Flourishing. Curator, The Museum Journal, 59(3).