Tangible, embedded and embodied technologies can enrich cultural heritage sites. Their design requires a solid understanding of the specific site, the needs and interests of user communities and stakeholders. Here we investigate how the physical and socio-cultural context influence potential design solutions despite of a seemingly similar context: historic cemeteries.

the aim of this paper is to study individuals’ motivations to consume artistic goods in yasuj city located in south-west of iran. methodologically, this is a qualitative research and relevant data is collected by in-depth interviews. a sample consisted of 40 persons (20 males and 20 females), between the ages of 22 to 48 years old were interviewed. the interviews took more than 23 hours. the pl...

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Studies have shown that videoconferences are an effective medium for facilitating communication between parties who are separated by distance. Furthermore, studies reveal that videoconferences are effective when used for distance learning, particularly when learners are engaged in complex collaborative learning tasks. However, as in face-to-face communication, learners benefit most when they re...

We chronicle the use of acknowledgements in twentieth century scholarship by analyzing and classifying more than 4,500 specimens covering a 100-year period. Our results show that the intensity of acknowledgment varies by discipline, reflecting differences in prevailing socio-cognitive structures and work practices. We demonstrate that the acknowledgment has gradually established itself as a con...

A common form of embodied social engagement involves acting as an ensemble, with all participants aware of each other and mutually engaged. In this naturalistic comparative study, we term this kind of triadic socio-cognitive activity ‘fluid collaboration’. Fluid collaboration occurs when participants establish the pace of ensemble activity mutually, with their moves flexibly adjusted and respon...

Due to the proliferation of location-based information services, there is abundant urban information which makes us difficult to catch up with the characteristics and dynamics of our living space. However, nowadays, crowd lifelogs shared over social network sites are attracting a great deal of attention as a novel source to search for local information from the massive voices and lifelogs of cr...

We describe an approach to one of the key challenges of applying HCI findings and methods to China; viz., how can we generalize across cultures and learn from others when each situation is unique? We propose that Pattern Languages are one way to capture what is invariant while leaving the flexibility to deal with the specifics of geography, culture, language, goals, and technologies.