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MyRun: balancing design for reflection, recounting and openness in a museum-based participatory platform

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Tom Bartindale,

Patrick OlivierAuthors Info & Claims

British HCI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference

Pages 212 - 221

https://doi.org/10.1145/2783446.2783569

Published: 13 July 2015 Publication History

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Cultural organisations are increasingly looking towards using digital technologies to supplement, augment and extend visitors' experiences of exhibits and museums. In this paper, we describe the design and evaluation of MyRun, a 'participatory platform' for a museum. Our goal with MyRun was to use experience-centered design principles of reflecting, recounting and openness as a basis for engaging visitors in sharing stories about experiences related to a nationally significant cultural event. We undertook a qualitative evaluation of the system based upon observations of its use, the contributions visitors made to the platform, and interviews with 10 visitors. We discuss how visitors approached MyRun, contributed and browsed stories, and the challenges associated with the expectations visitors and curators placed on cultural exhibits. We close by identifying a series of design opportunities for future participatory platforms in museum settings.

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MyRun: balancing design for reflection, recounting and openness in a museum-based participatory platform
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems

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British HCI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference

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Ovallos-Gazabon DMeléndez-Pertuz FCollazos-Morales CZamora-Musa RCardenas CGonzález R(2020)Innovation, Technology and User Experience in Museums: Insights from Scientific LiteratureComputational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 202010.1007/978-3-030-58799-4_59(819-832)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2020
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Spence JSpence J(2016)Guidelines for Designer/ResearchersPerformative Experience Design10.1007/978-3-319-28395-1_7(193-206)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2016
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Spence JSpence J(2016)The Performative Experience Design MethodologyPerformative Experience Design10.1007/978-3-319-28395-1_4(81-103)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2016
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