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

doi:10.1145/2783446.2783569

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 language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference 2015
Publisher	ACM
Pages	212-221
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450336437
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2783446.2783569
Publication status	Published - 13 Jul 2015
Event	British HCI Conference, British HCI 2015 - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Jul 2015 → 17 Jul 2015

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Conference	British HCI Conference, British HCI 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Period	13/07/15 → 17/07/15

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Clarke, R, Vines, J, Wright, P, Bartindale, T, Shearer, J, McCarthy, J & Olivier, P 2015, MyRun: Balancing design for reflection, recounting and openness in a museum-based participatory platform. in Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference 2015. ACM, pp. 212-221, British HCI Conference, British HCI 2015, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 13/07/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2783446.2783569

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