A Local Festival as a Site for Community Engagement & Reflection

Study

1) 2019: Released a mobile scavenger hunt for attendees of a large summer arts festival to understand how fun, lightweight apps can promote engagement. Visit News for press coverage.

Sponsors & partners: app-maker GooseChase and organizers at Central PA Festival of The Arts 

2) 2018: Released a web app for mobile storytelling during the festival.

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Methods:

1) Interview study with people who used the app

2) Interview study with people who submitted stories through the app, based on collected stories.

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Papers

Knearem, T., Jo, J., Wang, X., Carroll, J.M. (2021). Seek and Reflect: A Mobile Scavenger Hunt to Develop Community Engagement. In Communities and Technology '21 (To appear, 6/21)

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Wang, X., Knearem, T., Yoon, H. J., Jo, H., Lee, J., Seo, J., & Carroll, J. M. (2019). Engaging the Community Through Places: An User Study of People’s Festival Stories. In International Conference on Information (pp. 315-326). Springer, Cham. [Link to paper]

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