Yes, You Can Touch This: Designing Prototypes for Interactive Museum Spaces

Smith, Jasmine; Gomez, Kelly; Davis, Jessica; Cortes, Angie

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Title

Yes, You Can Touch This: Designing Prototypes for Interactive Museum Spaces

Author(s)

• Smith, Jasmine
• Gomez, Kelly
• Davis, Jessica
• Cortes, Angie

Issue Date

2018

Keyword(s)

• museums
• interaction design
• information
• cultural preservation

Abstract

Traditionally, museums have been spaces where visitors are asked to look but not touch items on display. Currently, professionals in museums, particularly in the United States, are trying to improve visitor experience by using interactive displays and technologies. Interactive media allows visitors to be immersed in the information displayed rather than simply reading a block of text that would more than likely be overlooked.While interactive media is a great way to engage visitors in an exhibit, this study looks at the use of interactive media in preserving culture, specifically American indigenous cultures. Our goal is to study how culture can be preserved and shared through interactive prototypes in a museum space.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2018 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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Copyright 2018 is held by Jasmine Smith, Kelly Gomez, Jessica Davis, Angie Cortes. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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