Supporting place-specific interaction through a physical/digital assembly

CIOLFI, Luigina and MCLOUGHLIN, Marc (2017). Supporting place-specific interaction through a physical/digital assembly. Human-Computer Interaction, 33 (5-6), 499-543.

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Abstract

This article examines visitor interactions with and through a physical/digital installation designed for an open-air museum that displays historic buildings and ways of life from the past. The installation was designed following the “Assembly” design scheme proposed by Fraser et al. (2003), and centred around five principles for the design of interactive experiences. We discuss how the Assembly framework was adapted and applied to our work on the installation called Reminisce, and we then present qualitative data gathered through the shadowing and naturalistic observations of small groups of visitors using Reminisce during their exploration of the museum. Through these data excerpts we illustrate how interaction occurred among visitors and with the assembly. We reflect on the guiding principles of the adapted Assembly framework and on their usefulness for the design of place-specific interactional opportunities in heritage settings. Results from the empirical study show that the adapted Assembly principles provide HCI researchers and designers with ways in which to flexibly support collocated interactions at heritage sites across artefacts and locations in ways that both complement and enrich the physical setting of the visit and its character.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2017.1399061
Page Range: 499-543
Depositing User: Luigina Ciolfi
Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2017 15:36
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 01:21
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17195

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