Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR200200197
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$183,144.00
Summary
Seeing yourself in Australian digital cultural heritage. To ensure that Australia's museums, galleries and archives reflect what is important to all of us as we move into the digital age, we need to increase accessibility, participation and ownership for all Australians. We therefore aim to discover and test best practices for engaging diverse members of the general public in the creation of digital cultural heritage. Outcomes will include engagement of new visitor groups and increased accessibi ....Seeing yourself in Australian digital cultural heritage. To ensure that Australia's museums, galleries and archives reflect what is important to all of us as we move into the digital age, we need to increase accessibility, participation and ownership for all Australians. We therefore aim to discover and test best practices for engaging diverse members of the general public in the creation of digital cultural heritage. Outcomes will include engagement of new visitor groups and increased accessibility to collections. Cultural institutions will gain access to new digital practices for telling a wide range of lesser-known stories. This will bring cultural and social benefits as well as economic benefits by putting our cultural sector at the forefront of cutting edge international digital practice.Read moreRead less
Muscle memory: The key to novel interactive memory support systems. This project aims to investigate how the use of muscle memory as a deliberate interaction design resource can effectively support declarative memory. The project brings together memory interaction design and bodily activity design to address increasing concerns surrounding Australians’ memory. By investigating muscle memory in interaction design, the project is expected to advance international understanding of scholarly and pra ....Muscle memory: The key to novel interactive memory support systems. This project aims to investigate how the use of muscle memory as a deliberate interaction design resource can effectively support declarative memory. The project brings together memory interaction design and bodily activity design to address increasing concerns surrounding Australians’ memory. By investigating muscle memory in interaction design, the project is expected to advance international understanding of scholarly and practical processes that complement design for declarative memory. The project will lay the foundation for extending research which will assist movement, rehabilitation, health and educational sports practitioners that can create engaging experiences that use muscle memory for the benefit of all Australians.Read moreRead less
Design guidelines for safety-critical controllers in high-risk environments. This project aims to generate novel product design guidelines for developing safer controllers for use by potentially stressed individuals in high-risk situations. It will do this by generating specific insights and verifying generalisable solutions from the context of total artificial heart recipients –who must engage with critical controllers constantly. This project expects to generate new knowledge in design by esta ....Design guidelines for safety-critical controllers in high-risk environments. This project aims to generate novel product design guidelines for developing safer controllers for use by potentially stressed individuals in high-risk situations. It will do this by generating specific insights and verifying generalisable solutions from the context of total artificial heart recipients –who must engage with critical controllers constantly. This project expects to generate new knowledge in design by establishing a new research topic around an under-examined user cohort. Expected outcomes of this project include interaction design theory developments and improved controller design techniques. This should provide significant benefits and competitive advantages by lowering stress and improving safety across a range of contexts.Read moreRead less
Maturing design-led innovation processes with motivational models. This project aims to bring together design innovation with software engineering ensuring software is engaging, utilising methods and processes from design. Engaging software is important if it is to be taken up by the intended users. The outcome of the proposal will be new methods such as emotional goal models guiding key stages of the software engineering lifecycle, especially requirements elicitation, software design, implement ....Maturing design-led innovation processes with motivational models. This project aims to bring together design innovation with software engineering ensuring software is engaging, utilising methods and processes from design. Engaging software is important if it is to be taken up by the intended users. The outcome of the proposal will be new methods such as emotional goal models guiding key stages of the software engineering lifecycle, especially requirements elicitation, software design, implementation and evaluation, with a focus on assessing adoption over time. The benefit of the research is intended to be threefold: increased digital inclusion by more Australians engaging with the digital economy; better acceptance of developed software by consumers; and new methods for Australian software developers.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE210100158
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$408,698.00
Summary
Australian Design, Trades and Manufacturing 1945-2007: Connecting Histories. This project aims to generate a new history of Australian design and manufacturing, by turning attention to the shifting relationship between designers and manufacturing tradespeople from 1945 to 2007. In so doing, this project will re-evaluate design's transition to a globally-networked, digitised practice. Anticipated outcomes include a monograph, oral history interviews in the National Library of Australia's collecti ....Australian Design, Trades and Manufacturing 1945-2007: Connecting Histories. This project aims to generate a new history of Australian design and manufacturing, by turning attention to the shifting relationship between designers and manufacturing tradespeople from 1945 to 2007. In so doing, this project will re-evaluate design's transition to a globally-networked, digitised practice. Anticipated outcomes include a monograph, oral history interviews in the National Library of Australia's collection and a podcast. Expected benefits include an enhanced understanding of occupational pathways across Australian design, manufacturing trades and the creative industries, to inform understandings of skills shortages, retraining, and how best to support knowledge-sharing between designers and manufacturers in the future.Read moreRead less