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Digital Gesture Library
Digital Gesture Library, an archive that displays Chinese traditional puppet shows as linear multi-perspective videos (puppetry gestures, puppet movement, and the whole performance) and multi-dimensional videos (gestures, genres, information about theatre and puppeteers). This prototype gestural archive supports audiences with varied cultural backgrounds to cross cultural barriers (e.g. language, dialect, local background) to understanding and appreciating the performance. It also allows participants to appreciate the gestural repertoire of Chinese puppetry and engages participants to interact using a multimedia system. The application is composed of two parts: (1) the multimedia system and (2) a tangible interface.
Treasure Chest
This study focused on the rich and complex cultural heritage of the British-Chinese community, a web of oral histories, cultural artefacts and traditions that have been passed down through the generations. Based on a participatory action research approach, a series of virtual workshops and fieldwork were conducted with three British-Chinese families to explore design strategies and considerations for interactive technology that might improve the participation of British-Chinese immigrants in sharing the significance of their intangible immigrant heritage. It further explored cross-cultural barriers that hinder more dispersed British-Chinese communities from sharing the values and significance of their heritage more widely in British society.
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