Project Details
Description
Time Travel in Sussex was a creative health project developed and run by arts and inclusion charity Cultural Shift, following their successful Get Into Trains pilot project 2019-20. It created opportunities for learning-disabled adults and their carers to explore a range of museums in East and West Sussex and was funded through The National Lottery Heritage Fund with contribution from the Govia Thames Link 'Your station, Your community' Improvement Fund.
University of Brighton researchers from the Community 21 Research Excellence Group used expert understanding of co-creation processes to help explore what engagement tools might facilitate learning disabled adults accessing regional cultural heritage sites by using public transport.
Working with 5 regional museums - Anne of Cleves House, Bexhill Museum, Marlipins Museum, Amberley Museum and Fishbourne Roman Palace - rail network officials and a team of lived experience users, the team used co-design methods to develop a range of transferable, motivating resources; elements they referred to as ‘prompts, props and probes’.
The resources included a unique passport system and a range of stamps that inspire users to collect and accumulate stamps within their passports along with other graphic ephemera from each visit. The elaborate stamps were produced from artefacts from each museum and deliver an engaging a rewarding ‘club-like’ user experience at each venue.
University of Brighton researchers from the Community 21 Research Excellence Group used expert understanding of co-creation processes to help explore what engagement tools might facilitate learning disabled adults accessing regional cultural heritage sites by using public transport.
Working with 5 regional museums - Anne of Cleves House, Bexhill Museum, Marlipins Museum, Amberley Museum and Fishbourne Roman Palace - rail network officials and a team of lived experience users, the team used co-design methods to develop a range of transferable, motivating resources; elements they referred to as ‘prompts, props and probes’.
The resources included a unique passport system and a range of stamps that inspire users to collect and accumulate stamps within their passports along with other graphic ephemera from each visit. The elaborate stamps were produced from artefacts from each museum and deliver an engaging a rewarding ‘club-like’ user experience at each venue.
Key findings
Learning-disabled co-designers were keen to develop age appropriate resources that were motivating, not patronising, and helped build confidence to undertake personal journey’s of discovery.
These were further enhanced by customisable maps and methods to leave personalised communications relative to their peers – using their own achievements and experiences to help create the sense of community around the process.
The design values and graphic quality associated with the family of objects and assets helped to bring a sense of pride and builds a personal record of achievement that felt credible, valued and invested in.
These were further enhanced by customisable maps and methods to leave personalised communications relative to their peers – using their own achievements and experiences to help create the sense of community around the process.
The design values and graphic quality associated with the family of objects and assets helped to bring a sense of pride and builds a personal record of achievement that felt credible, valued and invested in.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/24 → 31/07/24 |
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