{"ID":2827109,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17590","arxiv_id":"2512.17590","title":"Digital Bricolage: Design Speculations for Embodied Approaches to Digitized Print-based Cultural Collections","abstract":"COVID-related closures of public and academic libraries have underlined the importance of online platforms that provide access to digitized print-based collections. However, they also have highlighted the value of in-person handling of print artefacts for sensing and making sense of them. How do existing dominant digital platforms invite and/or discourage embodied forms of exploration and sense-making? What opportunities for embodied experience might we discover if we embrace the material qualities of print-based collections when designing interfaces for digital access? In this paper, we present findings from a speculative exercise where we invited creative professionals and experts in curating and handling access to collections to reflect on existing approaches to digitized print-based collections and to speculate about alternative design opportunities and modes of engagement. We argue for digital bricolage-a design approach that values working with materials that are \"on hand\" and embracing our ability to \"handle\" them in ways that foster both casual and curious exploration.","short_abstract":"COVID-related closures of public and academic libraries have underlined the importance of online platforms that provide access to digitized print-based collections. However, they also have highlighted the value of in-person handling of print artefacts for sensing and making sense of them. How do existing dominant digit...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17590","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.17590v1","authors":"[\"Malak Sadek\",\"Loraine Clarke\",\"Stefania Forlini\",\"Uta Hinrichs\"]","published":"2025-12-19T13:57:58Z","proceeding":"cs.HC","tasks":"[\"cs.HC\"]","methods":"[\"LoRA\"]","has_code":false}