Exploring the Potential of the Internet of Things at a Heritage Site through Co-Design Practice

Daniela Petrelli, Nick Dulake, Mark T. Marshall, Andrew Roberts, Frances McIntosh, Joe Savage

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Abstract

Our multidisciplinary team faced the challenge of creating an engaging visiting experience for Chesters museum that hosts John Clayton's collection of Roman antiquities found along Hadrian's Wall. The museum, created in 1896, is still in its original form and has a large collection of altars and religious sculptures displayed in a continuous sequence on several rows, as was the fashion in Victorian and Edwardian times. This layout was overwhelming for most visitors who only spent very little time in the museum. In an iterative co-design process we generated multiple concepts and prototyped the most promising: The aim was to make the visitors slow down and look around in a meaningful way. We assessed three prototypes in place finding physical impediments and management issues for two. The design and implementation then focused on a single concept that explores the relationship between the Romans and their gods. The final interactive installation uses Internet of Things technology to offer a personalised experience that engages visitors at a physical level while simultaneously provoking them to explore and take action. This paper contributes to a better understanding of how design practice can create novel interactive visiting experience centered on meaning making rather than on the latest technology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018 - Held jointly with the 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2018
EditorsAlonzo C. Addison, Harold Thwaites
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728102924
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 26 Oct 201830 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018 - Held jointly with the 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2018

Conference

Conference3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period26/10/1830/10/18

Keywords

  • archaeology
  • co-design
  • design-Thinking
  • internet of things
  • tangible interaction
  • visiting experience

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