Museums and Technologies of Presence

Contents
Figures
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
	Overview of the Volume
	Notes
	Reference List
1 Presence, Museums, and Immersive Technologies
	Introduction
	Presence and Meaning
	Museums and Presence: Embodiment, Affect, and Atmosphere
	Computer Science and Presence: Determinants, Immersion, and Types
	Immersive Technologies and the Quest for Presence in Museums
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	Reference List
Part I
2 Simulated, Stimulated, and Emulated Presence in 3D Digital Museums
	Introduction
	Presence
	Digital Presence in Museums
	Methodology
	Analysis and Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	Reference List
3 Presence in Immersive Museum Exhibitions
	Introduction
	Methods
	Review of Terminology
	Presence as a process
	Presence as feeling,
	From Theory to Practice – Empirical Studies and Their Relevance for the Design of Immersive Museum Exhibitions
	Conclusion
	Reference List
4 Designing Cultural Experiences within Technosocial Systems
	Introduction
	Frames of Reference
	Three Creative Investigations
	Reconfiguring Presence for Museum and Cultural Heritage Applications in a Postdigital Context
	Concluding Remarks
	Notes
	Reference List
5 Multisensory Visitor Engagement
	Introduction
	A Brief History of Sensory Hierarchies
	Why Multisensory Visitor Engagement?
	Methodology
	The Exhibitions
	The Interview Insights and Analysis
	Conclusions
	Reference List
6 Reconfiguring the Viewer
	Introduction
	From Embodied Access to Perceptual Politics
	Machine–Human Couplings
	Reconfiguring the Viewer
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	Reference List
Part II
7 Affective Presence through 3D Printing
	Introduction
	Background: 3D Printing and the Case of Nydia
	Theoretical and Methodological Approach to Analysing Affective Presence
	From Marble Sculpture to 3D Print: Affect and Materiality
	From the Pointing Machine to the 3D Printer: Affect and Technological Modes of Production
	The Slicing and Printing Process: Affect and Temporality
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Reference List
8 Technology and Presence in a Museum of Trauma
	Introduction
	Museums, Sound, Participation, Experience: A Theoretical Context
	Eldheimar: The Volcanic Museum
	The Trouble With Remembering: Unearthing and Re-Wounding
	Visiting Eldheimar: Returning to a Site of Trauma?
	Technology and Sound, Presence, and Trauma: Towards Some Tentative Conclusions
	Notes
	Reference List
9 Breathe
	Introduction: Attuning to the Atmosphere
	Breathing in the Digital World: Presence and Immersive Media Technologies
	The Breathe Project: Shared Breath Rituals
	Climate Experiential Learning in Museums
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgement
	Reference List
10 Museums and the Power of Absence
	Introduction
	Presence and Absence in the Digital Realm
	Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)
	‘Agrippa (a Book of the Dead)’, and the Museum as Abyss
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Reference List
Part III
11 Digital Sensory Experiences in Museums
	Introduction
	Background and Context
	Methodology, Key Concepts, and Terms
	Description of Cases
	Monolith
	Volume
	Mirror Mirror
	High Arctic
	Momentum
	Our Time
	The Great Animal Orchestra
	Scent Constellation
	Digital Ornithology
	Life in the Dark
	Comparative Discussion
	The Role of Space in the Digital Sensory Environments in Museums: A Syntactic Argument
	Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
	Acknowledgments
	Notes
	Reference List
12 Museological Presence through Deep Mapping
	Introduction
	Computational Museology: Bringing Presence to the Digital Museum
	Deep Mapping and Digital Cultural Heritage Atlases
	The Atlas of Maritime Buddhism Research Project
	The Atlas of Maritime Buddhism Installations
	Conclusion
	The Atlas of Maritime Buddhism Credits
	Notes
	Reference List
13 Interwoven Spaces with XR, AI, and Robots
	Introduction
	Digital Cultural Heritage and Intelligent Reality Technologies
	Intelligent Reality Environment: Case Studies
	Initial Environment Evaluation Results
	Conclusion
	Reference List
14 (Co)-Presence with the Past Using Emerging Technologies in Contemporary Art
	Introduction
	Institutional Critique: Towards a New Approach
	Presence and the Chronotope: Meaning or Effect?
	The Chronotope: Multiple Vantage Points
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Reference List
Index