Playing Games with Tito: Designing Hybrid Museum Experiences for Critical Play

Løvlie, Anders Sundnes; Ryding, Karin; Spence, Jocelyn; Rajkowska, Paulina; Waern, Annika; Wray, Tim; Benford, Steve; Preston, William; Clare-Thorn, Emily

Abstract

This article brings together two distinct, but related perspectives on playful museum experiences: Critical play and hybrid design. The article explores the challenges involved in combining these two perspectives, through the design of two hybrid museum experiences that aimed to facilitate critical play with/in the collections of the Museum of Yugoslavia and the highly contested heritage they represent. Based on reflections from the design process as well as feedback from test users, we describe a series of challenges: Challenging the norms of visitor behaviour, challenging the role of the artefact, and challenging the curatorial authority. In conclusion, we outline some possible design strategies to address these challenges.

Citation

Løvlie, A. S., Ryding, K., Spence, J., Rajkowska, P., Waern, A., Wray, T., …Clare-Thorn, E. (2021). Playing Games with Tito: Designing Hybrid Museum Experiences for Critical Play. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 14(2), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3446620

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 29, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Deposit Date: Jan 31, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 31, 2022
• Journal: Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
• Print ISSN: 1556-4673
• Electronic ISSN: 1556-4711
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: 16
• Pages: 1-26
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3446620
• Keywords: Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design; Computer Science Applications; Information Systems; Conservation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7356992
• Publisher URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3446620