"Everyone remembers a moment when history truly becomes immense and personal.
Now, we don't need to stamp our passports to experience history over, under, and all around us."
Those are the words of YuJune Park, a designer and educator who co-founded Synoptic Office, an award-winning design consultancy that partners with leading cultural, civic, and business organizations.
In an interview with Fast Company, Park explains that museums and libraries are "going through a rebirth" and are "using technology to rethink how to engage and inspire us, creating truly borderless experiences."
What that means, per Park: "Digital experiences, when done well, have the potential to make history more accessible and immediate.
They can immerse audiences in historical narratives through multi-sensory engagement by breaking barriers between the past and present, connecting singular narratives to broader ideas, and moving outward from there to other sources of knowledge."
She adds: "The best educational digital experiences can promote active learning over passive consumption by interweaving content and interaction, past and present, and singular narratives to broader themes and perspectives."
Read the full interview here.
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