Conference presentation for iSay event: The shape of things, University of Leicester, 31 Jan. - 1 Feb. 2013 (http://isayevents.wordpress.com/shapeofthings/).
Similar to “Run mummy run” - communicative tensions in digital museum installations that elicit visitor contributions by Areti Galani and Rachel Clarke
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“Run mummy run” - communicative tensions in digital museum installations that elicit visitor contributions by Areti Galani and Rachel Clarke
1. “Run mummy run”:
communicative tensions in digital museum
installations that elicit visitor contributions
Areti Galani
International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies
Rachel Clarke
Digital Interaction Group @ Culture Lab
3. Will a doodle ever become
a ‘contribution’ and when
does a contribution become
part of the ‘narrative’?
4. Great North Run
Largest half marathon in the world
One of the longest running half
marathons – started in 1981
Inclusive – pitched at all abilities
50,000 runners each year
5. Design Brief
different forms of participation
what it means to be part of the Run
personal reflection and contribution
6. 9 meters of ‘interactive’ table
2 large display screens with keypads
13 single-touch touch screens
9 sets of Anoto pens and pads
8. 2 types of participatory content
participatory seed content and moderated VGC
9. 2 contribution routes
website and table
4 contribution formats
photographs and typed text (website)
drawings and hand-written text (table)
4 ways to view own content
own pad page, touch screens, big screens, website
3 ways to view other people’s content
touch screens, big screens, website
11. 55 online contributions – all published
c.13,000 in-gallery contributions – c.1,100 published
12. Mini exit interviews
20 x 5-10min exit interviews day
before run
▫ Families and runners
▫ Observed interaction
▫ Informal
▫ Background & experience of the
run
▫ Experience of the exhibition and
the installation
13. Interviews
10 in depth interviews with
runners
▫ Run & running
▫ Exhibition
▫ Installation
▫ Website
15. Can interactivity antagonise participation?
Space-wise the table was grouped with the other
‘interactives’ in the gallery
At the edge of the ‘kids’ section’
Concern (among adults) re: failing to operate the
technology in public
16. How can accessible technology lead to
inaccessible participation paradigms?
Pen+pad a very familiar technology embedded in an
unfamiliar set-up
▫ Curiosity/urgency to interact preceded desire to contribute
▫ Pen-happy visitors
▫ Opportunistic contributions – loads of!
▫ Repeat contributions – people wanted to give it another try
▫ Overload of interactions at busy times that led the system
to crash
17. Will a doodle ever become a ‘contribution’?
In the eyes of the adults, doodles were the
contributions of the children
Moderation adjusted according to volume
18. When does a contribution become part of
the ‘narrative’?
Many interrelated emerging narratives
▫ Insiders and outsiders: taking part in the
run/archive
▫ Public expression of support for friends/family
runners
▫ Returning the favour to the audience
▫ Personal reflection
Temporary co-existence with museum narratives of
celebration
to create an installation thatRepresented different forms of participation in the Run and what it means for people to be part of the run, not just as a runner, but as someone who watches or raises money, Also design which could support personal reflection and contribution