Paper Info
Title
MyRun: balancing design for reflection, recounting and openness in a museum-based participatory platform
Abstract
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1145/2783446.2783569
BCS HCI
Keywords
Field
DocType
Experience-centered design,participatory platforms,museums,openness,curation
Design elements and principles,Visual arts,Computer science,Public relations,Openness to experience,Citizen journalism
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
17
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rachel Clarke121013.78
John Vines260955.33
Peter C. Wright353683.66
Tom Bartindale412614.76
John Shearer5416.19
J McCarthy674572.26
Patrick Olivier73049230.82