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100			_aRahaman, Hafizur _946311
245			_aFramework for digital heritage interpretation : thesis submitted for the degree of philosophy : department of architecture national university of Singapore 2012
260			_aSingapore _bNational University of Singapore _c2012
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505			_aCONTENTS ABSTRACT V LIST OF FIGURES VII LIST OF TABLES IX CHAPTER 01 INTERPRETING DIGITAL HERITAGE 1 BACKGROUND 1 INTERPRETING DIGITAL HERITAGE: END-USERS' PERSPECTIVE 4 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC 7 Research questions 9 Research objectives H Research Hypothesis 11 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 12 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH 13 RESEARCH FRAMEWORK 14 DISSERTATION STRUCTURE 17 TERMINOLOGY / WORKING DEFINITIONS 19 CHAPTER 02 REVIEW: LITERATURE AND CASES 23 INTRODUCTION 23 HERITAGE INTERPRETATION 24 Introduction 24 Interpretation methods: A persuasive communication with visitors 28 Interpretive principles: A comparison 35 Heritage interpretation: Charters and guidelines 39 2.3 DIGITAL HERITAGE 41 Digital heritage: Definition and domains 41 Digital heritage, Interaction and End-users 49 Discursive re-construction: Collective construction of online history 52 Digital heritage : Some experiments and researches 56 2.4 INTERPRETATION AS CULTURAL SYNTHESIS: EMBODIMENT, LEARNING AND DIALOGIC INTERACTION 62 Embodied interaction: Towards a meaningful context 62 Place and Sense of Place 65 Cultural heritage and visual literacy 67 From I to We : Cultural learning and meaning-making 70 Dialogic Interaction : The dialogical basis of understanding 73 2.5 DISCUSSION 76CHAPTER 03 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK : SHIFTING THE INTERPRETATION PARADIGM 82 INTRODUCTION 82 THINKING THROUGH THE GAP: EXIGENCIES AT MEDIA-CROSSROAD 83 Knowledge gap in practice 86 Knowledge gap in literature ; 90 SETTING THE OBJECTIVES FOR DIGITAL HERITAGE INTERPRETATION 92 THE PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 93 THE INDICATORS : EVALUATING THE INTERPRETIVE PROCESS 105 DISCUSSION U0 CHAPTER 04 METHODOLOGY Ill INTRODUCTION Ill EXPERIMENT DESIGN 111 Treatment design 112 Population and sampling 113 Group design and group task 114 Experiment overview 115 4.3 EXPERIMENT VARIABLES AND QUESTIONNAIRE 120 Dependent variables 120 Independent variables 123 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS METHOD 124 CONSTRAINTS AND SCOPE OF THE METHODOLOGY 125 CHAPTER 05 EXPERIMENT PLATFORM CONSTRUCTION 128 INTRODUCTION 128 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS 128 Functional requirement 128 Hardware requirements 130 Software requirements 130 Platform selection and benchmarking /32 SELECTION OF REAL-WORLD HERITAGE SITE 136 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS 137 Encoding and decoding process 137 Content development and validation 138 Web hosting, Developing and Setting the platform 138 5.5 DISCUSSION 148 CHAPTER 06 DATA ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION 150 6.1 INTRODUCTION 150 PARTICIPANTS' BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE 151 EVALUATING END-USERS' SATISFACTION 154 Expectation fulfilled. 154 Appreciation of visit 156 Pleasure achieved 157 6.4 EVALUATING END-USERS' PROVOCATION AND EMPATHY 158 Self-attitudinal changes 158 Greater interest on topic 159 6.5 EVALUATING LEARNING 160 Increase consolidate knowledge 161 Link to prior knowledge and experience /63 6.6 EVALUATING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES OF THE PAST 163 Fill in the blank. 164 Descriptive self-report on attaining new perspective 165 DIALOGIC INTERACTION AND END-USERS 171 DISCUSSION 173 CHAPTER 07 DIGITAL HERITAGE INTERPRETATION REVISITED 179 INTRODUCTION 179 CONTEXT AND RESEARCH POSITION 179 Research approach : Who, What and How 182 Linking with research questions 183 7.3 REFLECTION : CONVERGENCE AND FRAGMENTATION 189 End-users: From consumer to content producer 189 Planning of interpretation or salvation of technology 1 91 Discursive content: Knowledge base or garbage 192 Collective construction: From partial to bigger part of the mosaic 1 94 Connected minds and Voices of the oppressed 195 Public participation: Historic events vs. specific heritage site 198 7.4 DISCUSSION 200 CHAPTER 08 CONCLUSION 201 DIGITAL HERITAGE INTERPRETATION : CONSIDERATIONS 201 IMPLICATIONS 204 CONTRIBUTION 206 Contribution to theory 206 Contribution to practice 207 8.4 OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT 209 REFERENCES 211 APPENDICES 225 Appendix A : List of web based heritage site visited 225 Appendix B : List of online digital heritage projects surveyed 231 Appendix C : Web 2.0 based digital heritage sites surveyed 236 Appendix D : Questionnaire 238 Appendix E : Introductory seminar for Group-A (16th August 2010) 245 Appendix F : Getting response from Group-A (23rd August 2010) 246 Appendix G : Introductory seminar for Group-B (dated 9th December 2010) 247 Appendix H : Getting response from Group-B (dated 16th December 2010) 248 Appendix I : Written content approved by Group-E (professionals) 249 Appendix J : The poster exhibited for the experiment platform 255 Appendix K : Comparison of 3D (or 3D like) model creation platforms 256 Appendix L : Location map of Sompur Mahavihara 257 Appendix M : Glimpse of Sompur Mahavihara 258 Appendix N : Frequency of visit at Sompur Mahavihara by respondents 260 Appendix O : Frequency of browsing of the experiment platform by respondents 261 Appendix P : ANOVA test result of question 9a, 9b, 9c and 9d 262 Appendix Q : ANOVA test result of question 10a, 10b and 10c 263 Appendix R : ANOVA test result of question 9e and 11 264 Appendix S : ANOVA test result of question 14a, 14b, 14c and 14d 265 Appendix T : ANOVA test result of question 14e 266 Appendix U : Chi-Square test result of question 16,17 and 18 267 Appendix V : ANOVA test result of question 20 268 Appendix W : Survey response on new purposes learnt by respondents 269 Appendix X : Descriptive self-response on question 26 by respondents 270 Appendix Y : Screenshots of'discussion forums' from bdheritage.info 276 Appendix Z : List of publications 283
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700			_aKiang, Tan Beng (Guide) _952038
890			_aSingapore
891			_aGratis from Dr. Bharat Dave
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