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Re-connecting visual content to place in a mobile guide for the Shrine of Remembrance
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 13:25 authored by Smith, W, Lewi, H, Katherine Darian-SmithKatherine Darian-SmithThis paper describes a project carried out by the authors to design and evaluate a mobile guide with visual content for a large and significant war memorial in Melbourne called 'The Shrine of Remembrance'. A practical intention was to display items from extensive, but currently unseen, archives of historic materials, including architectural drawings, iconic postcards, film of past ceremonies of remembrance, and oral accounts of war experience. A parallel intention was to address the problem, identified in previous research into audio-tours, of individual visitors becoming isolated in an electronic 'information bubble' that inhibits the social dimension of visiting and learning about places. In contrast to the immersive style of many audio-tours, we set out to investigate the use of relatively lean and fragmentary visual and audio content intended to provoke new readings of the material site and to exist alongside the social activity of visiting.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the Electronic Visualisation and the Arts Annual ConferencePagination
347-354Department/School
College Office - College of Arts, Law and EducationPublisher
British Computer SocietyPlace of publication
London, United KingdomEvent title
Electronic Visualisation and the Arts Annual ConferenceEvent Venue
London, United KingdomDate of Event (Start Date)
2010-01-01Date of Event (End Date)
2010-01-01Rights statement
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