Children's Magical Realism for New Spatial Interactions: Augmented Reality and the David Almond Archives

Kimberley Reynolds; Tom Schofield; Diego Trujillo-Pisanty

doi:10.1007/s10583-019-09389-2

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Children's Magical Realism for New Spatial Interactions: Augmented Reality and the David Almond Archives

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Children's Magical Realism for New Spatial Interactions: Augmented Reality and the David Almond Archives

Kimberley Reynolds, Tom Schofield and Diego Trujillo-Pisanty

Children's literature in education, Vol.51(4), pp.502-518

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-019-09389-2

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This article draws on a multi-disciplinary project based on the David Almond archives at Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The project combined archival research, augmented reality (AR) technology, Almond’s magical realist writing and experimental workshops to explore whether AR can enhance young people’s engagement with archives and literature. In the process it highlighted the extent to which Almond’s fiction is itself a form of augmentation that represents a particular geographical location—the North East of England—in ways that challenge official accounts of that place. This aspect of Almond’s writing corresponds to what Michel de Certeau describes as tactical spatial practice and is closely associated with some forms of AR.

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Title: Children's Magical Realism for New Spatial Interactions: Augmented Reality and the David Almond Archives
Authors/Creators: Kimberley Reynolds - Newcastle University
Tom Schofield - University of Newcastle Australia
Diego Trujillo-Pisanty - Ctr Diseno Cine & Televis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Publication Details: Children's literature in education, Vol.51(4), pp.502-518
Publisher: Springer Nature B.V.
Number of pages: 17
Grant note: AH/R009155/1 / AHRC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Identifiers: 991005634025207891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Media and Communication
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: International collaboration
Citation topics: 10 Arts & Humanities; 10.245 20th Century History; 10.245.1462 Collective Memory
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