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Abstract | ||
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In a curated exhibition of a museum or art gallery, a selection of heritage objects and associated information is presented to a visitor for the purpose of telling a story about them. The same underlying story can be presented in a number of different ways. This paper describes techniques for creating multiple alternative narrative structures from a single underlying story, by selecting different organising principles for the events and plot structures of the story. These authorial decisions can produce different dramatic effects. Storyspace is a web interface to an ontology for describing curatorial narratives. We describe how the narrative component of the Storyspace software can produce multiple narratives from the underlying stories and plots of curated exhibitions. Based on the curator's choice, the narrative module suggests a coherent ordering for the events of a story and its associated heritage objects. Narratives constructed through Storyspace can be tailored to suit different audiences and can be presented in different forms, such as physical exhibitions, museum tours, leaflets and catalogues, or as online experiences. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1145/2309996.2310012 | HT |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
single underlying story,museum narrative,storyspace software,curatorial narrative,different organising principle,underlying story,story-driven approach,different way,different dramatic effect,different form,curated exhibition,different audience,narrative structure,story,hypertext,narrative,cultural heritage,web interface,plot | Ontology,Hypertext,World Wide Web,Cultural heritage,Computer science,Narrative structure,Narrative,Exhibition,User interface,Visitor pattern,Multimedia | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
11 | 0.93 | 10 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Annika Wolff | 1 | 112 | 21.67 |
| Paul Mulholland | 2 | 235 | 34.72 |
| Trevor Collins | 3 | 95 | 12.46 |