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Hove Plinth - Place-based narratives

Researchers at the University of Brighton are investigating and supporting the use of digital technologies for cultural sharing, based around the sculpture displayed on the 2018 Hove Plinth initiative. 

The research is a partnership with Hove Civic Society, whose plinth project will commission new sculptures annually. The inaugural work, Jonathan Wright’s ‘Constellation’, features a mechanical ‘solar system’ using iconic objects selected by the local community to represent Hove. Through research co-led by Karina Rodriguez Echavarria from the Centre for Secure, Intelligent and Usable Systems, people will now be able to interact with the sculpture adding their own stories to a cultural database of the landmarks and objects, and making use of location-based technologies.

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Sculpture ‘Constellation’ by Jonathan Wright, Hove Plinth sculpture 2018, with kind permission of Hove Civic Society

About the project

The research project, Place-based narratives, investigates how communities can more meaningfully connect with local heritage through the sharing of creative digital experiences that interweave multiple individual narrative interpretations of cultural objects and locations.

In recent years, the development of technologies to support communities engaging with their cultural environment has focused on easing the task of digitising, identifying, preserving and connecting people with cultural assets (e.g. museum objects, heritage building). However, people are increasingly recording and sharing their personal interactions with culture and their local heritage. The Place-based narratives project will therefore seek to understand how digital technologies can bring creative interactions among the community, enhancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of objects and sites that go beyond traditional notions of heritage education. 

The project will investigate requirements for novel digital platforms, examining how location-aware mobile technologies and augmented reality platforms can allow community members to contribute engaging stories relating to objects and places in the city. This will capitalise particularly on narrative-based approaches, through which stories can illuminate different viewpoints.

Ultimately, the project will enable local people to participate in the preservation and interpretation of cultural heritage and facilitate the access to the multiple meanings of artefacts.

Visit the Place-based narratives blog.

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Hove Plinth is a new cultural landmark for our city and will feature digital and interactive technologies to engage communities with the artworks displayed and there connections to Hove.
Hove Civic Society welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with this research project in order to explore how new technologies can enable communities to access information about the artworks as well as to contribute stories relating to their own experiences.
We firmly believe that the collaboration with Karina Rodriguez Echavarria and Kate Howland, who have extensive experience on research at the intersection between heritage and digital technologies, will be a unique opportunity to explore new ideas to engage communities with art and heritage and create synergies for all parties.

Karin Janzon, Project Director Hove Plinth and Trustee of Hove Civic Society

Team and partners

Principal Investigators: Karina Rodriguez Echavarria (University of Brighton) and Dr Kate Howland (University of Sussex).

Project Team: Ran Song, Haris Mouratidis, Dean Few and Myrsini Athinaiou.

Partners: Hove Civic Society, University of Sussex Creative Technology research group. 

 

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