The Art of Interpretation: Talking with State Park Interpreter Elise McFarland

On this week’s podcast, I talk with Elise McFarland, an Interpretation and Education Manager for the California State Park system. In her far-ranging job, she’s responsible for several parks’ cultural resources and, of course, many levels and modes of interpretation.

Like many informal educators – especially outdoor educators in regional parks – Elise calls herself an interpreter. Since Freeman Tilden published Interpreting Our Heritage in 1957, the idea of interpretation as a cultural activity has spread throughout the community of naturalists and museum educators and spawned organizations like the National Association for Interpretation. On the blog this week, I describe some of this history and current state of the term: Thematic Interpretation as an Art and a Science

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The Art of Interpretation: Talking with State Park Interpreter Elise McFarland
A smiling woman in a wide-brimmed straw hat with a red ribbon.
California State Parks interpreter Elise McFarland
Photo (c) 2017 Lisa Marie Pohl Photography; used by permission.
A smiling woman in a wide-brimmed straw hat with a red ribbon.
California State Parks interpreter Elise McFarland
Photo (c) 2017 Lisa Marie Pohl Photography; used by permission.

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