Hi everyone,

We have a HCI Group meeting tomorrow at 11:45 @DGP Seminar room. Caleb will be presenting his summer research project. Details are blow.

Thanks, Seyong ——

In this meeting, I will introduce my current project, 'Engaging with Intangible Cultural Heritage through Live Streaming’ and have a discussion about the project.

I have also included a link (https://tinyurl.com/y7uaz9ds https://tinyurl.com/y7uaz9ds) for suggestions and discussions.

Introduction: Live streaming has recently gained worldwide popularity, due to the affordable digital video devices, high-speed Internet access, and social media. Besides video game and other entertainment content such as live performance, users have begun to share a variety of non-entertainment content, such as civil content, knowledge sharing, and even showcasing ancient cultural practices, including Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), especially in China. ICH refers to social practices and traditions originated within folk culture, and includes oral traditions, customs, language, music, dance, rituals, festivities, craftsmanship that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage. However, little has been explored the practices and challenges of the vibrant communities of those streamers who share knowledge or showcase cultural practices through live streams, and few effective tools have been designed and developed to support their needs. I will first give an overview about ICH and how streamers are sharing cultural practices through live streaming in China, and discuss the ongoing research to understand the practices of these streamers and their community and the challenges and opportunities in this design space.

------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha