Abstract
Abstract. As digital technologies are becoming gradually integrated into museums and the preservation of intangible cultural heritage (ICH), museums and the exhibitions of ICH are becoming more attractive and flexible. However, digital technologies may also bring some problems, such as cultural alienation. The participation of the inheritors and communities of ICH in the design of digital exhibitions could reduce such problems. The main contribution of this paper is a co-design process model for digital exhibitions of ICH. The study was conducted by the project, “Warm Inheritors Digital Diabolo”, which aimed to enhance the digital experience of diabolo by using virtual reality technology to implement interactive digital storytelling techniques. This project involved both designers and inheritors to realize the principle of respectful design. The results demonstrated the crucial role of inheritors and communities in the design process. This paper also offers some design recommendations.
Highlights
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) refers to "the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills—as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces associated therewith—that communities, groups, and, in some cases, individuals, recognize as part of their cultural heritage" (UNESCO, 2003)
These studies have focused on digitizing Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in specific regions, emphasizing the adjustment and combination of traditional participatory designs (PDs) and user-centered designs (UCDs) to develop new design methods that meet the needs of different design contexts and cultural backgrounds according to regional socio-technical and local interaction protocols
RESEARCH This study explored a new design process model of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) digital exhibition design based on participatory design methods and interactive digital storytelling
Summary
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) refers to "the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills—as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces associated therewith—that communities, groups, and, in some cases, individuals, recognize as part of their cultural heritage" (UNESCO, 2003). Digital media technology enables an audience anywhere in the world to experience ICH at any time, helping to attract more younger generations to traditional culture. UNESCO emphasizes the core position of communities in the protection of ICH: "Communities, groups, and, where applicable, individuals should have the primary role in safeguarding their own intangible cultural heritage" (UNESCO, 2015). Inheritors and communities should participate in the design of digital exhibitions of ICH while considering the experience of the audience. Recent years have seen an upsurge in ICH digital research but still not much discussion community participation in the design of digital exhibits. The main contribution of this paper is a new co-design process model for presenting ICH through VR and IDS, as seen in the case study of "Warm Inheritors Digital Diabolo"
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