This paper takes a “natural history approach” (Erickson, 1982) in describing and analyzing the making of a fanciful object—a wind sculpture—by a young woman and a staff scientist in a youth outreach program called X-Tech at the San Francisco Exploratorium. Working from audio-video footage, audio recordings, and in situ notes, I provide a report of how a wind sculpture evolved from idea to functioning artifact over the course of two days. I draw on a six-year ethnographic relationship with a network of educators at the Exploratorium to situate the conjoint social action. The “characters” in this account are the adult and youth participants along with the material and ideational tools. I show how opportunities to engage in experiences that foster growth were made common and plentiful by this network of educators and youth participants. I also show how those opportunities were generated and entered into by participants of different ages and social roles, and how people made their way through opportunities to learn by thinking and talking in tandem.

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嫁接亲属：科学和艺术活动中的伦理和认知

本文采用“自然历史方法”（埃里克森，1982 年）描述和分析了一名年轻女性和一名科学家在旧金山的一项名为 X-Tech 的青年外展计划中制作的奇幻物体——风雕。探索馆。从音频视频片段、录音和原位工作笔记，我提供了一份关于风雕塑如何在两天内从创意演变为功能性人工制品的报告。我利用与探索馆教育工作者网络的六年民族志关系来定位联合社会行动。这个帐户中的“人物”是成人和青年参与者以及物质和思想工具。我展示了这个由教育工作者和青年参与者组成的网络如何使参与促进成长的体验的机会变得普遍和丰富。我还展示了这些机会是如何被不同年龄和社会角色的参与者创造和进入的，以及人们如何通过思考和交谈来学习的机会。