Revealing Aspects of Hawai'i Tourism Using Situated Augmented Reality

TL;DR

This position paper discusses developing a situated augmented reality artifact to raise awareness about Hawaii's tourism-related historical and cultural issues, including colonialism and cultural exclusion.

Contribution

It introduces a process artifact using AR to highlight cultural and historical issues in Hawaii's tourism, informed by authors' positionality and related AR strategies.

Findings

Mockup of AR artifact addressing colonialism and cultural issues

Framework for using AR to promote cultural awareness in tourism

Discussion plan for workshop presentation

Abstract

In this position paper, we present a process artifact that aims to bring awareness to historical context, contemporary issues, and identity harm inflicted by tourism in Hawaii. First, we introduce the historical background and how the work is informed by the positionality of the authors. We discuss how related augmented reality work can inform strategy for building augmented reality experiences that address cultural issues. Then, we present a mockup of the artifact, aimed to bring awareness to 20th century colonialism, recent Kanaka Maoli art exclusion, and cultural prostitution. We describe how we will share the app at the workshop and list topics for discussion.