Lauren Race, Charlotte A. Martin, Xinwen Xu, Cheryl Fogle Hatch, Amy Hurst
{"title":"Bring Your Own (Accessible) Device: A Mobile Guide Solution for Promoting Accessibility, Social Distancing, and Autonomy in Museums","authors":"Lauren Race, Charlotte A. Martin, Xinwen Xu, Cheryl Fogle Hatch, Amy Hurst","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v15i02/1-23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v15i02/1-23","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 presented new challenges to museums in 2020 and 2021 as they were required to either temporarily close or reduce capacity and adhere to strict health and safety guidelines. These changes required finding new approaches to safely provide accessible content to visitors, as traditional solutions involve sharing objects, technologies, or gathering in groups to listen to a docent, read exhibit signage, or touch an artifact. We address this challenge using an approach we call BYOAD (Bring Your Own Accessible Device), where visitors’ personal mobile devices are used to access museum content. We believe this approach supports a more accessible and autonomous experience for visitors during social distancing and beyond. We describe our work partnering with a New York City museum to make a BYOAD web-based mobile guide that was available to all visitors and replaced their accessibility offerings. The guide features visual descriptions of artifacts, non-visual wayfinding directions to exhibitions, summaries of exhibit content in easy-to-read bullet points, open-captioned videos kept under two minutes, video transcripts, and photos with alt text. Our mobile guide launched in September 2020 and has been viewed over 9,000 times to date. We have conducted on-site observations and interviewed six members of the museums’ advisory council to understand the impact and potential for this approach. This article provides recommendations for researchers and practitioners on the design of BYOAD mobile guides, including: (1) designing accessible guides that are appropriate for cultural constraints;(2) building the guide using the web;and (3) leveraging existing technology to deepen visitors understanding of museum content.","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68225694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Survey on the Representation of Ainu People in Exhibitions in Contemporary Japan","authors":"M. Ubalde","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/V14I01/29-48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/V14I01/29-48","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"14 1","pages":"29-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68224493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“We Hope You Share Your Thoughts with Us\": The Illusion of Engagement in Museum Blogging","authors":"Cecilia Lazzeretti","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/V14I01/11-28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/V14I01/11-28","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"14 1","pages":"11-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68224408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commerce, Culture, and Heritage: Souvenirs as Communicators of History in the Museum Shop","authors":"Ulrike Zitzlsperger","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v15i01/85-98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v15i01/85-98","url":null,"abstract":"In heritage sites and museums, souvenir shops are of considerable commercial importance;furthermore, they add to the overall experience of visitors. This contribution explores the narrative quality of some souvenirs that seek to reflect a country’s history and heritage. Three examples will serve as case studies: (1) souvenirs depicting the Berlin Wall (Germany)—moving from a historical event toward wider-reaching generic ideas, such as freedom;(2) souvenirs commemorating the First World War and their role in the context of the War’s centenary (England);and (3) souvenirs that reflect aspects of dark tourism (various locations). In each case, the narrative attached to the items for sale potentially removes them from the experience of the exhibition. As such, souvenirs in the shop offer an experience in their own right, but they do not necessarily echo the culture, heritage, or history of a region or a country.","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68225430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Valuing Visual Disability as a Richness in Spanish Museums","authors":"C. Cruz González","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/V14I01/1-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/V14I01/1-10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"14 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68224235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Objectivity in Museums: The Nigerian Civil War According to the National War Museum, Umuahia","authors":"Obinna Emeafor, S. Onyemechalu","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i01/49-70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i01/49-70","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68224286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Inclusion is Not an On-and-Off Switch\": A Study on Commitment to Accessibility on Museum Websites","authors":"Cecilia Lazzeretti","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i01/107-117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i01/107-117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68224693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Institutional to Representational Critique: Museum’s Contribution to the Disability Imagery","authors":"Bérubé Patricia","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i02/95-114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i02/95-114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68224865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Archaeology Museums on Israeli Kibbutzim: Ancient Artifacts—Modern Architecture","authors":"S. Rotem","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i02/31-42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v14i02/31-42","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68224963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Powerful,” “Proud,” and “Let’s Be Real, It’s Time”: Visitor Responses to a Fashion Museum Exhibition Centered on Black Women’s Styles in a Predominantly White Space","authors":"Dyese L. Matthews, K. Best","doi":"10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v15i01/1-19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v15i01/1-19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53578,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Inclusive Museum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68225026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}