Participatory design: What do you do? And what do you get? ## MuseumNext ##
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Data pubblicazione:
Marzo 2011 di: Scott Billings
Argomenti: Comunicazione e promozione, Nuovi media e nuove tecnologie, Pubblico e audience development
Settori: Musei e beni culturali
The article illustrates some of the possibilities of incorporating participation – by design – into the processes of creating exhibitions, as well as the way those exhibitions engage the public. Of course, engagement and collaboration may well form the backbone of many existing museum programmes without the term participatory design (or indeed design for participation) ever being mentioned. But a conscious decision to build participation into the design process itself and/or into the way users will interact with exhibitions once they are installed is an approach which may yield benefits for the institution and visitors alike.
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