Towards a Framework for Tangible Narratives

Harley, Daniel; Chu, Jean Ho; Kwan, Jamie; Mazalek, Ali

doi:10.1145/2839462.2839471

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“…Our examination of these elements in turn led us to devise the three spectra, (1) diegetic vs. non-diegetic, (2) internal vs. external, and (3) ontological vs. exploratory that comprise the framework we propose in the next section. In our previous work on tangible narrative frameworks, we examined existing tangible narrative systems and described the ways in which tangible media engage interactors with narrative systems across seven categories [32]. Here we look more broadly at both tangible as well as embodied interactions, while at the same time focusing on narrative engagement with cultural artifacts in museum contexts.…”

Section: Toward a Narrative Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embodied Engagement with Narrative: A Design Framework for Presenting Cultural Heritage Artifacts

Chu

Mazalek

2019

MTI

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An increasing number of museum exhibits incorporate multi-modal technologies and interactions; yet these media divert visitors’ attention away from the cultural heritage artifacts on display. This paper proposes an overarching conceptual structure for designing tangible and embodied narrative interaction with cultural heritage artifacts within a museum exhibit so that visitors can interact with them to comprehend their cultural context. The Tangible and Embodied Narrative Framework (TENF) consists of three spectra (diegetic vs. non-diegetic, internal vs. external, and ontological vs. exploratory) and, considering how different interactions map along these three spectra, can guide designers in the way they integrate digital media, narrative, and embodiment. In this paper, we examine interactive narrative scholarship, existing frameworks for tangible and embodied interactions, and tangible and embodied narrative projects. We then describe the design of the TENF and its application to the pilot project, Mapping Place, and to the case study project, Multi-Sensory Prayer Nuts. The findings indicate that embodied engagement with artifacts through a narrative role can help visitors (1) contextualize the meaning of artifacts and (2) make personalized connections to the artifacts. Based on this work, we suggest design recommendations for tailoring the use of the TENF in the cultural heritage domain: simulate cultural practices, associate visitors with cultural perspectives, and provide simultaneous digital feedback. We conclude by describing future directions for the research, which include generating other possible projects using the TENF; collaborating with other designers and museum professionals; and exploring applications of the TENF in museum spaces.

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Section: Toward a Narrative Frameworkmentioning

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Embodied Engagement with Narrative: A Design Framework for Presenting Cultural Heritage Artifacts

Chu

Mazalek

2019

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“…Nonetheless, among the vast amount of published work in the field in the past 20 years, the work of Holmquist (2000), Mazalek et al (2002), Tanenbaum et al (2010), Tek-Jin & Kim (2011) and more recently Harley (2016;2017) are of special interest to this research as they all consider the component of narrative within tangible interaction. Holmquist et al (2000) discussed the idea of sense of involvement based on computational objects that represent important parts of an interactive narrative.…”

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Transactive Episodes: Exploring Interaction, Memory and Narrative

Echeverri

2018

Electronic Workshops in Computing

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This practice-based doctoral research investigates various methods of human-computer tangible interactions and their relationships with interactive storytelling, which will lead to the construction of an interactive narrative model over a research-through-design process. The design process aims to inform designers and makers of novel ways of converting people's memories into playable stories that are accessible and engaging to general audiences. The outcome can also contribute to the discussion of the role of interactive technologies as a mediator between personal episodic memories and public collective memories.

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“…The work focused on designing interactive systems, such as tangible interfaces and multi-touch tabletop interfaces. Such HCI systems indeed can contribute to collaboration [2], for example, multi-stakeholder brainstorms [1], the creation of narratives [12] or equitable participation [20]. In existing technological mediation (tabletops), tangibles tend to represent predefined meanings or functionality.…”

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On the Role of External Representations in Designing for Participatory Sensemaking

Jaasma

Dijk

Frens

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Proceedings of the Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement - Sense and Sensitivity, DeSForM 2017

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Public issues demand highly complex collaborations in which different (public, private) stakeholders, each with their own complementary or conflicting interests, expertise and experiences, work toward public good. Typically, collaborative technological applications function to represent people's ideas and to enable the exchange of representational messages between people. By contrast, we designed [X]Changing Perspectives ([X]CP): an interactive table-system for multi-stakeholder collaboration around public issues. The system aims, not to represent views but rather, to scaffold the emergence of situated meaningful couplings in face-to-face interactions. It helps people to align their visual attention, materialises their input and provokes associations. However, [X]CP does contain representations, such as symbols, tangibles and an interactive visualisation. In reflecting on its design and use, we analyse what these representations do, as seen from the perspective of embodied, participatory sensemaking. We explain how representations are not the foundational building blocks of the system, and how they do not have fixed meanings. Rather, as scaffolds, our representations add a layer of artificial structure that guides the ongoing interactive couplings between people, contributing to participatory sensemaking. Applying this approach to the design of mediating technologies for multi-stakeholder collaborations can open up new ways of interacting and understanding between stakeholders without disrupting their collaboration.

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Towards a Framework for Tangible Narratives

Cited by 64 publications

References 23 publications

Embodied Engagement with Narrative: A Design Framework for Presenting Cultural Heritage Artifacts

Embodied Engagement with Narrative: A Design Framework for Presenting Cultural Heritage Artifacts

Transactive Episodes: Exploring Interaction, Memory and Narrative

On the Role of External Representations in Designing for Participatory Sensemaking

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