Teaching Social History through Locative Media: A Case Study in Austin, Texas

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/disertaciones/a.6066

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Published: Dec 13, 2018
Issue: Vol. 12 No. 1 (2019): Communication and Mobile Devices
Section Estudios (Studies)


Keywords: Medios locativos , smartphones , aprendizaje informal , aprendizaje formal , segregación , historia local , lugar físico , narrativas Locative media , smartphones , informal learning , formal learning , segregation , local history , physical place , narratives Mídias locativas , smartphones , aprendizagem informal , aprendizagem formal , segregação , história local , lugar físico , histórias

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  Cláudia Silva Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI)
  Lucia Palmer Department of Radio Television and Film The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station
  Valentina Nisi Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI)
  Joseph Straubhaar Department of Radio Television and Film The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station,
Abstract
This paper explores the combination of formal and informal learning coupled with locative media principles; we research the potential of this specific type of media to reinforce and expand learning goals out-of-class time, equipping students with lifelong learning attitudes. We report on the findings from and observations on how a class of undergraduate students used locative media for the first time to learn about the effects of spatial segregation in a specific underserved area of Austin, Texas, usa. Students were asked to visit several locations and produce multimedia stories with a focus on the local history. Results from the study show that using locative media is highly efficient for learning purposes. Students get to experience the content learned in the classroom in a physical setting, which fosters ‘situated learning’, a theory we used as theoretical framework. Our findings also suggest that rather than local history or history in general, current societal issues with a strong spatial component are more effective in engaging students with the assignment off the classroom. Hence, segregation and gentrification were found in this study to be useful subjects to be explored and taught through the principles of locative media.
Author Biographies

Cláudia Silva, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI)

Cláudia Silva is a Postdoctoral Research fellow at M-ITI (Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute). She received a PhD in Digital Media from the New University of Lisbon within the context of the University of Texas at Austin-Portugal international doctoral program (May, 2016). For her doctoral dissertation, she worked with Latino communities in Austin, Texas, during four years, conducting ethnographic work and teaching different age groups how to create location-based storytelling. In Portugal, she has worked as an Arts Journalist for the national Portuguese newspaper Público. Cláudia has also published in the newspaper Folha de São Paulo, and in other regional and local Brazilian publications. She received a MA in Journalism from the New University of Lisbon, in Portugal (2009), and a BA in Social Communication (Journalism) from the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, in Brazil (2005). Her research interests are on digital media, locative media, location-based storytelling and mobile media, underserved and local communities, new technologies applied into social innovation and journalism. 

Valentina Nisi, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI)

Valentina Nisi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Madeira and researcher at the Madera Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI), working in the area of Digital Art and Media and HCI. Her research focuses on designing and producing digitally mediated experiences in real spaces, merging culture, context and landscapes. Previously, she in Amsterdam for FattoriaMediale, co founded in 2006 with Ian Oakley and Martine PostHuma de Boer, designing and producing interactive mobile stories for several Amsterdam neighbourhoods. She holds a first degree in Fine arts form Turin Albertine Academy, an MSc in Multimedia Systems and a PhD in Location aware Narrative forms from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Her work has been published and shown internationally, most recently at venues such as Participatory Design Conference 2014 (Windoek Namibia), Advanced Visual Interfaces 2014, International Conference of Interactive Storytelling 2014.
How to Cite
Silva, C., Palmer, L., Nisi, V., & Straubhaar, J. (2018). Teaching Social History through Locative Media: A Case Study in Austin, Texas. Anuario Electrónico De Estudios En Comunicación Social "Disertaciones", 12(1), 59–74. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/disertaciones/a.6066
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