Storytelling with objects to explore digital archives

David Blezinger; Elise Van Den Hoven

doi:10.1145/2970930.2970944

Storytelling with objects to explore digital archives

David Blezinger, Elise Van Den Hoven

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Abstract

Finding media in archives is difficult while storytelling with photos can be fun and supports memory retrieval. Could the search for media become a natural part of the storytelling experience? This study investigates spatial interactions with objects as a means to encode information for retrieval while being embedded in the story flow. An experiment is carried out in which participants watch a short video and re-tell the story using cards each of which shows a character or object occurring in the video. Participants arrange the cards when telling the story. It is analyzed what information interactions with cards carry and how this information relates to the language of storytelling. Most participants align interactions with objects with the sentences of the story while some arrange the cards corresponding to the video scene. Spatial interactions with objects can carry information on their own or complemented by language.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
Subtitle of host publication	Simulation, Visualisation and Digital Technologies, ECCE 2016
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450342445
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2970930.2970944
Publication status	Published - 5 Sept 2016
Event	34th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ECCE 2016 - Nottingham, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Sept 2016 → 8 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference	34th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ECCE 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Nottingham
Period	6/09/16 → 8/09/16

Keywords

Digital Archives
Interaction Design
Language
Objects
Retrieval
Spatial
Storytelling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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Blezinger, D & Van Den Hoven, E 2016, Storytelling with objects to explore digital archives. in European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Simulation, Visualisation and Digital Technologies, ECCE 2016., 13, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, 34th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ECCE 2016, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 6/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2970930.2970944

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