Historicizing Public Space with QR Codes

Historicizing Public Space with QR Codes

In the fall term of 2012-13 a group of museum studies students at Umeå University in Sweden were challenged as

part of their course to make a museum installation in a public space using Quick Response (QR) Codes.

This is a short photoessay of the results.

Strömpilen http://museiteknik.wordpress.com/

Vågspel 

http://vapspel.wordpress.com/

Scharinska Villan

http://evvelina.wordpress.com/

Vanörtsparken 

http://oskarochvanortsparken.wordpress.com/

Thank You

Thanks to Torkel, Stephanie, Jim R, Stefan G, Jon S and all the crew in HUMlab, and to the Culture and Media Department at Umeå University, the staff and admin of Scharinska, Strömpilen, Umeå University. Last but by no means least thanks to the students of Museum Studies who made this work and the journey so interesting. 

Jim.barrett@humlab.umu.se