MyRun: Balancing Design for Reflection, Recounting and Openness in a Museum-Based Participatory Platform

Rachel Clarke, John Vines, Peter Wright, Tom Bartindale, John Shearer, John McCarthy, Patrick Olivier

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference
Place of PublicationNew York, NY, USA
PublisherACM Association for Computing Machinery
Pages212–221
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781450336437
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Jul 2015
Event33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 18 Apr 201523 Apr 2015

Publication series

NameBritish HCI '15
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery

Conference

Conference33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated titleCHI 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period18/04/1523/04/15

Keywords

  • curation
  • experience-centered design
  • museums
  • participatory platforms
  • openness

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