{"id":1599,"date":"2017-04-24T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2017-05-16T12:12:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T11:12:45","slug":"caroline-claisse-conference-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/caroline-claisse-conference-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Researcher blog by PhD Candidate Caroline Claisse: At the European Academy of Design conference in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About the author<\/h4>\n
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Caroline Claisse<\/a>\u00a0is a doctoral student in the Art & Design Research Centre (ADRC<\/a>) where she is pursuing a practice-led PhD working with\u00a0tangible technologies to prompt audience engagement in museums. \u00a0Caroline’s PhD supervisors are: Professor Daniela Petrelli<\/a>, Dr Luigina Ciolfi<\/a> and Nick Dulake<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Caroline was recently invited to deliver a\u00a0paper at\u00a0the 12th European\u00a0Academy of Design Conference in Rome. \u00a0The theme of the conference was ‘Design for Next’. \u00a0In this post, Caroline introduces us to the project behind the paper.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For the past year I have been working closely with the Bishops\u2019 House Museum<\/a>, one of the few surviving Tudor buildings in Sheffield, which is currently run by The Friends of Bishops\u2019 House<\/a> \u2013 a group of local volunteers.<\/p>\n

\"Containers<\/a>

Containers of Stories, Caroline Claisse, 2016. Installation at Bishops’ House Museum (photo credit: Gemma Thorpe)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

My research explores how technology can be used to digitally enhance objects, whether by being embedded within them or surrounding them in space. I have been using research through design to explore tangible interaction and co-design processes to create novel experiences of heritage in museums and have\u00a0worked with a group of Bishops’ House Museum<\/a> volunteers to co-envision and co-design an interactive installation for the house. This resulted in \u2018Containers of Stories\u2019, a series of four\u00a0interactive cabinets encouraged visitors to handle different objects which in turn triggered light and snippets of audio.<\/p>\n

\"Interactive<\/a>

Interactive object from Containers of Stories, Caroline Claisse, 2016. Installation at Bishops’ House Museum (photo credit: Gemma Thorpe)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Each cabinet featured a unique\u00a0story and diverse collection of objects created by the museum\u00a0volunteers. The content delivered by the interactive installation was evocative, sometimes speculative and it reflected volunteers\u2019 personal interest in the museum. The cabinets were one of the four site-specific interventions displayed during Curious House<\/a><\/em> \u2013 a two-week exhibition where I commissioned four artists (including myself) to use creative practice to unlock the hidden stories behind the house. The exhibition generated a significant increase in visitors\u2019 footfall to the Bishops\u2019 House<\/a> and succeeded in raising awareness about the place and its history.<\/p>\n

I presented my paper, \u2018Containers of Stories: using co-design and digital augmentation to empower the museum community and create novel experiences of heritage at a house museum\u2019 within the \u2018society\u2019 track of the EAD\u00a0Design for Next<\/em><\/a> conference.\u00a0This track was centred on social innovation and my paper emphasised the potential of using co-design process, creative methods and tangible interaction to design novel experiences of heritage. It describes how the use of creative and design-based methods encouraged a two-way dialogue, a sense of shared creation, with my research participants and critical reflection.<\/p>\n

For \u2018Containers of Stories\u2019 technology was combined with participatory and creative methods to increase the voice of volunteers, which in turn enlivened the heritage site and enabled new ways for sharing knowledge and experiences of the place.<\/p>\n

\"Illustration<\/a>

Illustration of objects in Containers of Stories, Caroline Claisse, 2016.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Taking the museum volunteers through the journey of designing the interactive installation succeeded in delivering an experience for visitors that was described as ‘novel’, ‘magic’ and ‘innovative’. The more intimate and emotional experience of the Bishops’ House\u00a0<\/a>through the eyes of the volunteers was highly appreciated by visitors who\u00a0identified and empathised with the personal and evocative stories told through the cabinets. On the other\u00a0hand, the experience of co-envisioning and designing ‘Containers of Stories’ pushed the volunteers beyond the day-to-day management toward more creative and curatorial roles where they became mediators between the place and its visitors.<\/p>\n

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It was a great experience to present findings from the first stage of my PhD at Design for Next<\/em><\/a>. I am currently developing a second intervention to continue exploring the potential of co-design and tangible interaction to increase people\u2019s awareness and interest in museums such as Bishops\u2019 House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Please note: Views expressed are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of SHU, C3RI\u00a0or the C3RI Impact\u00a0Blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

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About the author Caroline Claisse\u00a0is a doctoral student in the Art & Design Research Centre (ADRC) where she is pursuing a practice-led PhD working with\u00a0tangible technologies to prompt audience engagement in museums. \u00a0Caroline’s PhD supervisors are: Professor Daniela Petrelli, Dr Luigina Ciolfi and Nick Dulake. Caroline was recently invited to deliver a\u00a0paper at\u00a0the 12th European\u00a0Academy of Design Conference in Rome. 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