Interactive sensory objects for and by people with learning disabilities

Hollinworth, Nic; Allen, Kate; Kwiatkowska, Gosia; Minnion, Andy; Hwang, Faustina

doi:10.1145/2637487.2637489

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“…They then went to the museums together and during the visit, took photographs, recorded their thoughts and engaged in discussion. Hollinworth et al (2014;2016) describe how they used a participatory approach to the design of multisensory objects that could be handled and explored by people with intellectual impairments when visiting museums. This work was based on the argument that the materials made accessible to those with intellectual impairments as substitutes for the originals are usually chosen by the curators rather than determined by the user group.…”

Section: Approaches To Inclusion and Participation For Museum Visitors With Intellectual Impairmentsmentioning

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A participatory approach to the evaluation of participatory museum research projects

Tai-Seale

Carrizosa

Rix

et al. 2020

International Journal of Research & Method in Education

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In this paper we will describe, justify and critique a participatory approach that we have developed in order to evaluate the success of a participatory research project that was exploring ways of making museum learning experiences more inclusive for adults who have a diverse range of access preferences. Because we were researching in a unique space at the intersection of inclusive museum education, inclusive technologies and participatory research we have needed to develop an original evaluation approach; informed by methods and frameworks derived from other fields. We present examples of the kind of evaluation information that the framework elicited and use this as a basis to critique the strengths and weaknesses of the framework. Our experience of using creative methods for eliciting evaluation data suggest that useful information about participation can be revealed but that further improvements can be made in order to make the research experience more participatory.

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Section: Approaches To Inclusion and Participation For Museum Visitors With Intellectual Impairmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A participatory approach to the evaluation of participatory museum research projects

Tai-Seale

Carrizosa

Rix

et al. 2020

International Journal of Research & Method in Education

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“…Therefore, we can expect that this is challenging for audio based technologies as well. There is also an increasing interest for multisensory technologies relying on olfaction and taste, especially for museum experiences [38,50,13]. For instance, Hollinworth et al, invited children with disabilities to create sensory boxes to accompany and share their museum experiences [38].…”

Section: Technologies and Sensory Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is also an increasing interest for multisensory technologies relying on olfaction and taste, especially for museum experiences [38,50,13]. For instance, Hollinworth et al, invited children with disabilities to create sensory boxes to accompany and share their museum experiences [38]. However, this project does not address the challenges arising when it comes to communicate non-verbal sensory experiences from one person to the other to convey a specific meaning.…”

Section: Technologies and Sensory Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking into Account Sensory Knowledge

Brulé

Bailly²

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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This paper argues for designing geo-technologies supporting non-visual sensory knowledge. Sensory knowledge refers to the implicit and explicit knowledge guiding our uses of our senses to understand the world. To support our argument, we build on an 18 months field-study on geography classes for primary school children with visual impairments. Our findings show (1) a paradox in the use of non-visual sensory knowledge: described as fundamental to the geography curriculum, it is mostly kept out of school; (2) that accessible geo-technologies in the literature mainly focus on substituting vision with another modality, rather than enabling teachers to build on children's experiences; (3) the importance of the hearing sense in learning about space. We then introduce a probe, a wrist-worn device enabling children to record audio cues during field-trips. By giving importance to children's hearing skills, it modified existing practices and actors' opinions on non-visual sensory knowledge. We conclude by reflecting on design implications, and the role of technologies in valuing diverse ways of understanding the world.

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Smart Objects and Replicas: A Survey of Tangible and Embodied Interactions in Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites

Duranti,

Spallazzo,

Petrelli

2024

J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

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Tangible and Embodied interactions are areas of research within HCI and Interaction design. They refer to a way in which interacting with computer systems is closer to the way we interact with the real world. Instead of using devices such as a computer or a phone, we interact using seemingly non-technological objects, by moving our bodies or by using gestures. Since the early 2000s, tangible and embodied interactions have been applied and researched also in Cultural Heritage and museums, in an attempt to overcome issues induced by screen-based devices that may disengage visitors from the objects, their materiality and the physicality of the visit. This article surveys tangible and embodied interactions in museums, over a period of two decades since 2000. Over 120 projects have been researched and analysed thematically to provide a categorization based on cultural communication, interaction features and museological aspects. This categorization offers a conceptualization of tangible and embodied interactions in museums and Cultural Heritage; it suggests a terminology to describe the design characteristics of tangible and embodied interaction interventions, therefore facilitating the orientation of future research efforts in the field.

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Interactive sensory objects for and by people with learning disabilities

Cited by 3 publications

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A participatory approach to the evaluation of participatory museum research projects

A participatory approach to the evaluation of participatory museum research projects

Taking into Account Sensory Knowledge

Smart Objects and Replicas: A Survey of Tangible and Embodied Interactions in Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites

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