Rock Art Mobile Project

诺森伯兰的岩石艺术代表着英格兰北部的一项重要遗产资源。诺森伯兰记录了大约1100个岩石艺术面板，其中750多个位于农村。公众对AHRB资助的纽卡斯尔大学贝肯索尔·诺森伯兰摇滚艺术(NRA)网站的热烈反应表明了公众对岩石艺术的浓厚兴趣。在2005年初至2008年年中的三年半期间，该网站接待了来自100多个国家的约115,000名独立访问者，尽管其中大部分来自英国。公众对岩石艺术的兴趣进一步体现在自20世纪70年代以来当地志愿者和业余考古学家致力于记录岩石艺术的广泛努力，以及在过去十年中人们对岩石艺术遗址的参观人数增加。纽卡斯尔大学贝肯索尔·诺森伯兰岩石艺术(2005)和英格兰岩石艺术(2008)网站的推出，极大地改善了公众对这一遗产资源的获取，并为其提供了全球观众。岩石艺术流动项目(RAMP)将在这一成功的基础上，通过移动数字技术进一步提升游客对诺森伯兰新石器时代和青铜时代早期岩石艺术所在的三个岩石艺术区(约有100个岩石艺术板)的体验。RAMP的目的也是通过部署尖端技术来吸引新的摇滚艺术受众。RAMP将为公众提供更多获取重点信息的途径，以计划他们的访问和活动。在没有游客中心提供专用设备的情况下，如果与电话桅杆的连接很差或根本不存在，则通过蓝牙连接到隐藏的太阳能接入点是通过无线传输提供丰富多媒体解说的最佳方式。我们将在可以找到岩石艺术的地点附近放置三个这样的接入点，向参观者提供地图、来自纽卡斯尔大学和英格兰岩石艺术数据库的信息、图像和其他媒体，我们将通过参与式设计过程开发这些手机。他们下载和安装的小程序还将使访问者有机会将地点和体验的质量捕捉到他们的手机上，他们以后可以在通过WiFi或空中与互联网联系时上传到在线空间。这为参观者提供了更多的机会来发展他们的创造性表达，并通过他们选择的社交网络、与完整的岩石艺术数据库的链接以及诸如明信片和报纸等自助出版选项来分享他们的旅行印象。后者制作了个性化的、独特的、有吸引力的指南，可以与朋友和家人分享，将经过专业策划的数据库的部分内容与遗产参观的个人经历结合起来。整个设计进程将得到参与性设计讲习班、试点研究和项目评估的支持。除了为岩石艺术展板提供更好的游客体验外，坡道还将促进游客数量的增加，并可能在农村地区延长(和重复)参观时间，这将有利于当地经济。它还将帮助遗产管理人员提高对岩石艺术脆弱性的认识，从用户生成的内容中获得的信息将有助于管理战略。

The rock-art of Northumberland represents a significant heritage resource in the north of England. Some 1100 rock-art panels have been documented in Northumberland and over 750 of these located in the countryside. The enthusiastic public response to the AHRB-funded Newcastle University's Beckensall Northumberland Rock-Art (NRA) website has demonstrated the substantial public interest for rock-art. In a three and half year period from early 2005 to mid-2008 the website received some 115,000 unique visitors from over 100 countries, although mostly from the UK. Public interest in rock-art is further demonstrated in the extensive efforts that local volunteers and amateur archaeologists have dedicated to its recording since the 1970s and the perceived increased visitation to rock-art sites during the last decade. The launch of Newcastle University's Beckensall Northumberland Rock-Art (2005) and the England's Rock-Art (2008) websites has significantly improved public access to this heritage resource and provided it with a global audience. The Rock-Art Mobile Project (RAMP) will build on this success and further enhance the visitor experience to three rock-art areas (with approximately 100 rock-art panels) in Northumberland where Neolithic and Early Bronze Age rock-art is located, through mobile digital technology. It is also the intention of RAMP to engage new audiences for rock-art through the deployment of cutting-edge technology. RAMP will provide the public with greater access to focused information to plan their visits and activities. Without the availability of a visitor centre providing dedicated devices, and with poor or non-existent connection to a phone mast, Bluetooth connection to a hidden solar-powered access point is the best means to provide rich multimedia interpretation by using wireless transmission. We will place three such access points close to sites where rock-art can be found, providing maps, information from Newcastle University's and England's Rock-art databases, images and other media to visitors own phones, which we will develop through a participatory design process. The small programs they download and install will also allow visitors an opportunity to capture qualities of the location and experience onto their mobile phone, which they can later upload to an online space when back in contact with the internet through wifi or over the air. This presents further opportunity for visitors to develop their creative expression and share their travel impressions via their choice of social networks, linkage with the full rock-art database, and self-publishing options such as postcards and newspapers. The latter make personalised, unique, attractive guides that can be shared with friends and family, combining parts of the expertly curated database with personal experiences from the heritage visit. The overall design process will be supported by participatory design workshops, pilot studies and project evaluation. Along with providing an enhanced visitor experience to rock-art panels, RAMP will promote increased visitor numbers and possible longer (and repeat) visits in rural areas which will benefit the local economy. It will also aid heritage managers with the creation of greater awareness about the vulnerability of rock-art and information derived from user-generated content will contribute to management strategies.