Ethical Considerations for AR Experiences at Dark Tourism Sites

Fisher, Joshua A.; Bolter, Jay David

doi:10.1109/ismar-adjunct.2018.00106

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“…This underpins the significance of this discussion, as the aim of this model is not to describe what occurred in a disaster, but allow the viewers/visitors to connect, empathise and discover the story for themselves by listening to victims' experiences and interacting with even the disaster experience itself. By promoting participatory and reflective experiences at dark sites, immersive applications can help support the emotional state of visitors (Fisher and Bolter, 2018). This leads to the following point the role of key stakeholders.…”

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“…Equally, it can be used as an interactive method to foster a deeper learning experience for visitors. As noted by Fisher and Bolter (2018), when collective visitors gather at dark sites, they begin to engage in the act of remembrance together and with the use of AR their contributions could persist and be built upon throughout time. This is referred to by Gaudenzi (2013) as living documentaries, where collective memory memorials relevant to a specific event or space grow over time through community participation.…”

Section: Future Storytelling: a Victim’s Perspective At Disaster Sitesmentioning

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Methods and value of storytelling for stakeholders in post-disaster tourism scenarios

Wright,

Ben Salah

2024

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Purpose The tourism sector continues to be an engine for economic growth for communities (Jenkins, 1980), and in post-disaster scenarios, destination can be overwhelmed with challenges, particularly for the local community. However, it is essential to seek the most effective path of recovery for individuals and communities. Gaps in contemporary post-disaster literature remain, as the focus often centres on infrastructure and economic developments (Cox and Perry, 2011). This paper aims to address such gaps by offering new ideas around the value of recovery focusing more on the victims, their stories and the role of tourism. Design/methodology/approach As a theoretical paper, the applied method is described as a convenient approach to data collection and analysis. The methodological reasoning is down to the selection and examination of sources used to establish new theoretical understandings. The study applies a pragmatic research approach to embrace the spectrum of views that are present within the constructivist and positivist. The pragmatic philosophical approach supports multi-disciplinary studies and ensures a more holistic consideration of social conditions is embraced. Findings This paper offers new knowledge and ideas for post-disaster recovery scenarios. It presents a model that incorporates a range of (traditional, digital and immersive) methods and platforms in which stories can be shared and presented. It argues that allowing victims to share stories in different formats could support rehabilitation while also providing stronger, powerful narratives for tourists, leading to more effective tourism experiences. Originality/value Disasters leave individuals and communities in devastation and with potentially lifelong trauma. In rehabilitation of victims is a vital ingredient to the recovery of a destination and its social fabric. This research offers new ideas around the use of digital technologies to generate stories of value that not only support victims of disasters but also offer visitors the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of challenges and difficulties of dark places, often seen as a key part of the visitor experience and motive to places of tragedy.

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Section: Figure 2 Storytelling Platforms and Tourism Stakeholder Modelmentioning

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Section: Future Storytelling: a Victim’s Perspective At Disaster Sitesmentioning

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Methods and value of storytelling for stakeholders in post-disaster tourism scenarios

Wright,

Ben Salah

2024

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The Ontology of Mixed Reality Agents Memorializing the Dead and Dying

Fisher

2021

Culture and Computing. Design Thinking and Cultural Computing

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Museum-Inspired Video Games as a Symbolic Transitional Justice Policy: Overview, Concepts, and Research Directions

Stamou,

Apostolakis,

Ntoa

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ACM Games

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Video games are maturing as a medium to tell stories inspired by historical struggles and real-life experiences. In this regard, they could work as a mechanism in Transitional Justice pursuit. In this paper, we argue that games can become agents for promoting education, reconciliation and healing. We hence identify means by which museums and video games create empathy, reported in recent literature, and draw inceptive parallels between museum space design philosophies and design choices in modern video game experiences. Finally, we identify in the literature that there is a lack of a framework bringing together experts in memory and heritage studies with game developers, to derive guidelines for developing empathy-inducing games around sensitive topics. Thus, we propose a methodological approach on the creation of such a framework. This framework would instrument a collaborative effort to apply domain adaptation of the strategies and design philosophies for memory and Transitional Justice museum exhibitions to video game storytelling frameworks and mechanics.

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Ethical Considerations for AR Experiences at Dark Tourism Sites

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Methods and value of storytelling for stakeholders in post-disaster tourism scenarios

Methods and value of storytelling for stakeholders in post-disaster tourism scenarios

The Ontology of Mixed Reality Agents Memorializing the Dead and Dying

Museum-Inspired Video Games as a Symbolic Transitional Justice Policy: Overview, Concepts, and Research Directions

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