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Dr. Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco
School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom

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Published: 05 March 2019 in Sustainability
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This paper describes the work undertaken as part of the ‘Digital Documentation of Ksar Said’ Project. This project, funded by the British Council, combined education, history, and heritage for the digital preservation of tangible and intangible aspects of heritage associated with the 19th century Said Palace (Ksar Said) in Tunis. We produced an interactive 3D model of Ksar Said and developed learning resources to build Tunisian students’ critical engagement with their heritage through inquiry learning activities within the 3D model. We used a user-centred approach, based on pre-assessment (i.e., co-creation of contents), mid-term evaluation (i.e., feedback on contents and preliminary design of virtual activities), and post-assessment design (i.e., user trial). Our results demonstrate the potential of this novel approach to virtual learning and inform future co-design, evaluation and implementation choices for improving the generative power of three dimensional virtual replication of heritage sites in the cultural heritage sector.

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Mark Winterbottom; Fabrizio Galeazzi; Mike Gogan. Ksar Said: Building Tunisian Young People’s Critical Engagement with Their Heritage. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1373 .

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Mark Winterbottom, Fabrizio Galeazzi, Mike Gogan. Ksar Said: Building Tunisian Young People’s Critical Engagement with Their Heritage. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (5):1373.

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Mark Winterbottom; Fabrizio Galeazzi; Mike Gogan. 2019. "Ksar Said: Building Tunisian Young People’s Critical Engagement with Their Heritage." Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1373.

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Published: 01 January 2016 in Journal of Cultural Heritage
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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2015.04.00

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Justin L. Matthews; Teenie Matlock. Framing the past: How virtual experience affects bodily description of artefacts. Journal of Cultural Heritage 2016, 17, 179 -187.

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Justin L. Matthews, Teenie Matlock. Framing the past: How virtual experience affects bodily description of artefacts. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 2016; 17 ():179-187.

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Justin L. Matthews; Teenie Matlock. 2016. "Framing the past: How virtual experience affects bodily description of artefacts." Journal of Cultural Heritage 17, no. : 179-187.

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Published: 01 July 2015 in PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality
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This article investigates the use of 3D immersive virtual environments and 3D prints for interaction with past material culture over traditional observation without manipulation. Our work is motivated by studies in heritage, museum, and cognitive sciences indicating the importance of object manipulation for understanding present and ancient artifacts. While virtual immersive environments and 3D prints have started to be incorporated in heritage research and museum displays as a way to provide improved manipulation experiences, little is known about how these new technologies affect the perception of our past. This article provides first results obtained with three experiments designed to investigate the benefits and tradeoffs in using these technologies. Our results indicate that traditional museum displays limit the experience with past material culture, and reveal how our sample of participants favor tactile and immersive 3D virtual experiences with artifacts over visual non-manipulative experiences with authentic objects.

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Carlo Camporesi; Fabrizio Galeazzi; Marcelo Kallmann. 3D Printing and Immersive Visualization for Improved Perception of Ancient Artifacts. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality 2015, 24, 243 -264.

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Carlo Camporesi, Fabrizio Galeazzi, Marcelo Kallmann. 3D Printing and Immersive Visualization for Improved Perception of Ancient Artifacts. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality. 2015; 24 (3):243-264.

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Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Carlo Camporesi; Fabrizio Galeazzi; Marcelo Kallmann. 2015. "3D Printing and Immersive Visualization for Improved Perception of Ancient Artifacts." PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality 24, no. 3: 243-264.

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Published: 29 June 2015 in Museum Management and Curatorship
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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2015.104251

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Fabrizio Galeazzi; Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Justin Matthews. Comparing 2D pictures with 3D replicas for the digital preservation and analysis of tangible heritage. Museum Management and Curatorship 2015, 30, 462 -483.

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Fabrizio Galeazzi, Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Justin Matthews. Comparing 2D pictures with 3D replicas for the digital preservation and analysis of tangible heritage. Museum Management and Curatorship. 2015; 30 (5):462-483.

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Fabrizio Galeazzi; Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Justin Matthews. 2015. "Comparing 2D pictures with 3D replicas for the digital preservation and analysis of tangible heritage." Museum Management and Curatorship 30, no. 5: 462-483.