Service Design Drinks Milan #16 - Service Design for Culture
The service design has broadened more and more, this time we are going to discover an uncommon application: Service design for the cultural field.
The concept of culture is so wide that seems difficult to know where to start, therefore we invited two service designers that experienced through research (even a Ph.D.), trends and cases studies how service design and its methodologies supported museums and memorial centers experience to become "more than a visit".
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OUR CHALLENGE
UX for GOOD | Redesigning Museums for Good, Kigali
the concept of “historical memory,” often
expressed as “collective memory,” “social
memory,” refers to the ways in which groups,
collectivities, and nations construct and
identify with particular narratives about
historical periods or events.
historical memory
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memorial museums are museums dedicated both
to educating the public about and commemorating
a specific historic event, usually involving mass
suffering […] Unlike history museums, memorial
museums have a distinct and moral message with
direct ties to contemporary society.
memorial museums
16. “It takes
a while
to process the
anger, guilt,
and feeling
helplessness.”
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HISTORICAL GALLERY PORTRAITS AND REMAINS ROOM
The museum was
generating an
emotional burnout
and leaving visitors
unable to react.
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There’s an
opportunity to tell
the holistic story
from genocide to
rebirth.
“You can’t
talk about
the rebirth
without
talking about
genocide.”