Creating Assemblies in Public Environments: Social Interaction, Interactive Exhibits and CSCW

dc.contributor.authorHindmarsh, Jon
dc.contributor.authorHeath, Christian
dc.contributor.authorVom Lehn, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorCleverly, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T09:07:06Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T09:07:06Z
dc.date.issued38384
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the use of a series of three low tech interactive assemblies that have been exhibited by the authors in a range of fairs, expositions and galleries. The paper does not present novel technical developments, but rather uses the low tech assemblies to help scope out the design space for CSCW in museums and galleries and to investigate the ways in which people collaboratively encounter and explore technological exhibits in museums and galleries. The bulk of the paper focuses on the analysis of the use of one interactive installation that was exhibited at the Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) Exposition in Chicago, USA. The study uses audio–visual recordings of interaction with and around the work to consider how people, in and through their interaction with others, make sense of an assembly of traditional objects and video technologies. The analysis focuses on the organised practices of ‘assembly’ and how ‘assembling’ the relationship between different parts of the work is interactionally accomplished. The analysis is then used to develop a series of ‘design sensitivities’ to inform the development of technological assemblies to engender informal interaction and sociability in museums and galleries.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-004-1814-8
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-004-1814-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3677
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 14, No. 1
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectart
dc.subjectassemblies
dc.subjectdesign sensitivities
dc.subjectethnography
dc.subjectinteractive exhibits
dc.subjectmuseums
dc.subjectsocial interaction
dc.subjectvideo
dc.titleCreating Assemblies in Public Environments: Social Interaction, Interactive Exhibits and CSCWde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage41
gi.citation.startPage1

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