Context-Aware Cultural Heritage Environments

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Author(s): Eleni Christopoulou (University of Patras, Greece & Ionian University, Greece)and John Garofalakis (University of Patras, Greece)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: Handbook of Research on Technologies and Cultural Heritage: Applications and Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Georgios Styliaras (University of Ioannina, Greece), Dimitrios Koukopoulos (University of Ioannina, Greece)and Fotis Lazarinis (University of Ioannina, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-044-0.ch012

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Cultural heritage environments, like museums, archaeological sites and cultural heritage cities, have gathered and preserved artefacts and relevant content for years. Today’s state of the art technology allows the shift from traditional exhibitions to ones with reinforced interaction among the cultural heritage environment and the visitor. For example, mobile applications have proved to be suitable to support such new forms of interaction. Effective interaction exploits information both from the cultural environment, the visitor, and the broader context in which they occur. The aim of this chapter is to present the value of context in applications designed for cultural heritage environments and to demonstrate an infrastructure that effectively exploits it.

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