Configuring 'interactivity': Enhancing engagement in science centres and museums
Configuring 'interactivity': Enhancing engagement in science centres and museums
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DOI：
10.1177/0306312707084152
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发表时间：
2008-02-01
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3
通讯作者：
Heath, Christian
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作者：
Heath, Christian
科学中心和博物馆越来越致力于发展展览，以产生新的参与形式，促进公众对科学的了解。信息和通信系统在这方面发挥了重要作用，使与展品和展品周围的新形式的“互动”成为可能。在本文中，我们考虑了参观者对这些展品的反应，并探索了这些新展区内出现的互动形式。该分析阐述了这些所谓的“互动”如何创造高度受限的行动序列，从而优先考虑单个用户，同时破坏共同参与和合作的机会。它考察了与不同类型的展览和展览一起、围绕和在不同类型的展览中出现的参与生态。这篇论文指出，许多“互动”展品依赖于弥漫在计算机系统中的“互动”和“用户”模式，这种模式多年来一直受到持续的批评。换句话说，这篇论文指出了互动与社交互动的融合方式，以及这些看似创新和娱乐性的展品可能无法产生被视为学习和参与关键的共同参与和合作。
There is a growing commitment within science centres and museums to develop exhibitions that engender new forms of participation that contribute to the public's understanding of science. Information and communication systems play an important role in this regard, enabling new forms of 'interaction' with and around exhibits. In this paper we consider how visitors respond to these exhibits and explore the forms of interaction that arise within these new exhibition areas. The analysis addresses the ways in which these so-called 'interactives' create highly constrained sequences of action that prioritize the individual user while undermining the opportunities for co-participation and collaboration. It examines the ecologies of participation that arise with, around and within different types of exhibit and exhibition. The paper suggests that many 'interactive' exhibits rely upon a model of 'interaction' and the 'user' that pervades computer-based systems, a model that has been subject to sustained criticism over some years. In other words, the paper points to the ways in which 'interactivity' is conflated with social interaction and how the seemingly innovative and entertaining exhibits may fail to engender the co-participation and collaboration that is seen as critical to learning and engagement.