Areti Galani
My research and expertise are in the use of digital media in museums and the heritage sector, and especially the design, study and understanding of digital applications for the purpose of interpretation, learning, and exhibition design.
Qualitative methodologies
A significant strand of my research concerns the use of qualitative methodologies to study ‘situated action’ in technology use. In this context, I have employed methodological approaches such as ethnography, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study and understand how museum visitors may negotiate their visiting experience with other visitors and the museum environment.
A recent project where I employed ethnographic methods and cultural probes to explore participant motivation and social interaction in DIY creative activities is the ‘Chiptune Marching Band’ workshop/performance (http://chiptunemarchingband.com/) – delivered in Maker Faire 2009, Newcastle upon Tyne; Pixelache 2009, Helsinki; Bent Festival 2009, New York, SPACE, London; and Creativity & Cognition 2009, Berkeley, CA.
I am currently in the process of organising participatory design workshops with users for a newly AHRC-funded project on Rock Art in Northumberland (http://rockartmobile.wordpress.com/). In this project we will explore the potential of re-purposing digital heritage content for mobile platforms.
Social media and museum participation
I am also interested in how museum visitors/users engage with social media and content generation activities. In this context, I have carried out research on participation models and especially how user generated content, such as photographs, may be incorporated in museum displays and practice. The latter has evolved through some recent conference contributions: Museums Association one-day conference ‘World Wide Wonder: Museums on the Web’ (June 2009); ‘Private Eyes: Amateur Photography and Collective History’ (Nov. 2009), University of Copenhagen; and 'Transforming Culture in the Digital Age' (April 2010), University of Tartu (conference proceedings: http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/handle/10062/14768).
Mixed reality environments - ubiquitous technologies
As part of the Equator IRC, I have carried out specific research on the ways technology may support social visiting among local and remote visitors through a mixed reality environment that combined three-dimensional representations of museum spaces and artefacts with two-dimensional online information and sensor-driven interaction.
Address: ICCHS
Newcastle University
18 Windsor Terrace
NE1 7RU
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
Qualitative methodologies
A significant strand of my research concerns the use of qualitative methodologies to study ‘situated action’ in technology use. In this context, I have employed methodological approaches such as ethnography, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study and understand how museum visitors may negotiate their visiting experience with other visitors and the museum environment.
A recent project where I employed ethnographic methods and cultural probes to explore participant motivation and social interaction in DIY creative activities is the ‘Chiptune Marching Band’ workshop/performance (http://chiptunemarchingband.com/) – delivered in Maker Faire 2009, Newcastle upon Tyne; Pixelache 2009, Helsinki; Bent Festival 2009, New York, SPACE, London; and Creativity & Cognition 2009, Berkeley, CA.
I am currently in the process of organising participatory design workshops with users for a newly AHRC-funded project on Rock Art in Northumberland (http://rockartmobile.wordpress.com/). In this project we will explore the potential of re-purposing digital heritage content for mobile platforms.
Social media and museum participation
I am also interested in how museum visitors/users engage with social media and content generation activities. In this context, I have carried out research on participation models and especially how user generated content, such as photographs, may be incorporated in museum displays and practice. The latter has evolved through some recent conference contributions: Museums Association one-day conference ‘World Wide Wonder: Museums on the Web’ (June 2009); ‘Private Eyes: Amateur Photography and Collective History’ (Nov. 2009), University of Copenhagen; and 'Transforming Culture in the Digital Age' (April 2010), University of Tartu (conference proceedings: http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/handle/10062/14768).
Mixed reality environments - ubiquitous technologies
As part of the Equator IRC, I have carried out specific research on the ways technology may support social visiting among local and remote visitors through a mixed reality environment that combined three-dimensional representations of museum spaces and artefacts with two-dimensional online information and sensor-driven interaction.
Address: ICCHS
Newcastle University
18 Windsor Terrace
NE1 7RU
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
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