Week 5

Outline of Thesis Paper

Research

  • Initial Question: Why Museums (based on blog post 1)

  • Research Process & Plan

    • Initial investigation of museums & pop-up

    • Pivot to museums & technology topic

      • Conversations with 4 people

  • Findings

Thesis

  • Thesis statement/question: how does technology

    • Make museums and their content more approachable by curating a bespoke experience

    • Help transform museums into “participatory cultural institutions”

  • What is it?

    • Mobile web app comprised of three parts

  • How will it work?

    • Each part will tackle the different parts of the museum exhibit:

      • Pre-visit: recommendation + itinerary creator

      • During visit: scan works via QR code to learn more + save works

      • Post-visit: Room creator

  • Influences & Similar Works:

    • Cooper Hewitt Pen

    • AMNH Explorer App

  • Why?

    • Improve on the examples above

    • My attempt to help contribute to making a digital community regarding museums

  • Target audience:

    • Explorers

    • Experience seekers

Implementation Plan

  • Winter break

  • Spring semester

Bibliography/Sources

  • During the semester

  • Sources for winter break and onwards


I wasn't able to get a full-draft by this week due to other finals, but I got feedback on my outline from Kseniia.

Presentation v1

Thesis v1

P.S. Unfortunately, I fell sick during this week so I was unable to go to class; I will practice and change my presentation accordingly on my own