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Social activities with offline tangibles at an interactive painting exhibit in a children's cultural centre

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Loraine Clarke,

Eva HorneckerAuthors Info & Claims

British HCI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference

Pages 82 - 90

https://doi.org/10.1145/2783446.2783568

Published: 13 July 2015 Publication History

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This paper describes an empirical study of a tangible interactive painting installation at a children's cultural centre. The study focuses on how social interactions are related to features of the interactive installation. The findings concern awareness and communication within groups, mediation of control through physical objects, how groups used tangibles outside of their turn with the installation to plan, negotiate and build up anticipation of their engagement with the exhibit. Interactions within groups as well as between the active 'operator' at an exhibit and the rest of the group are presented providing insights as to how the exhibit relates to the social context. Finally, we discuss how the findings could be used for future design of group interactive exhibits that aim to (1) support social engagement such as planning, sharing experiences and discussions, (2) engage children with the exhibit topic outside of their interaction with the system and (3) foster children's anticipation of their interaction with the exhibit. Providing offline tangibles was found to extend engagement with the exhibit and support social interactions.

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Hemmert FFineder MCezanne FCho YHagemeier HHungerkamp ALischka TNievelstein CStrauch Mvan den Berg LWeber N(2022)To Go or not to Go? A Participatory Approach to Digitally Augmenting Museum ExperiencesProceedings of Mensch und Computer 202210.1145/3543758.3543759(128-136)Online publication date: 4-Sep-2022
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Index Terms

Social activities with offline tangibles at an interactive painting exhibit in a children's cultural centre
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Web-based interaction
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems

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British HCI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference

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Hemmert FFineder MCezanne FCho YHagemeier HHungerkamp ALischka TNievelstein CStrauch Mvan den Berg LWeber N(2022)To Go or not to Go? A Participatory Approach to Digitally Augmenting Museum ExperiencesProceedings of Mensch und Computer 202210.1145/3543758.3543759(128-136)Online publication date: 4-Sep-2022
Hornecker ECiolfi L(2022)Human-Computer Interactions in MuseumsundefinedOnline publication date: 5-Mar-2022
Hornecker ECiolfi L(2019)Human-Computer Interactions in MuseumsSynthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics10.2200/S00901ED1V01Y201902HCI04212:2(i-153)Online publication date: 11-Apr-2019
Bergsmark MFernaeus YBakker SHummels CUllmer BGeurts LHengeveld BSaakes DBroekhuijsen M(2016)From Patchwork to AppliquéProceedings of the TEI '16: Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/2839462.2839473(236-244)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2016

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