Vanessa Cesário

Biography

Vanessa Cesário, a PhD holder in Digital Media, is a postdoctoral researcher and a passionate Professor who teaches “Technology and Society”: her goal is to provide students with an understanding of the ethical implications that arise from the development and use of information technology products and services.
Vanessa’s research uses participatory design to create immersive and engaging experiences in cultural heritage sites. She combines game design and storytelling to break down barriers and make heritage accessible to all. Participatory design is uncovering new ways to engage people with cultural heritage, promoting empathy, understanding, and preservation. These experiences are delivered through virtual reality, interactive exhibits, or mobile apps, encouraging active participation in preserving history and traditions. Vanessa’s work has been published in international journals and conferences in Human-Computer Interaction, Museum Management, and Interaction Design.

Publications

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2023

Bala, Paulo; Sanches, Pedro; Cesário, Vanessa; Leão, Sarah; Rodrigues, Catarina; Nunes, Nuno Jardim; Nisi, Valentina

Towards Critical Heritage in the wild: Analysing Discomfort through Collaborative Autoethnography Proceedings Article

In: Schmidt, Albrecht; Väänänen, Kaisa; Goyal, Tesh; Kristensson, Per Ola; Peters, Anicia; Mueller, Stefanie; Williamson, Julie R.; Wilson, Max L. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany, April 23-28, 2023, pp. 771:1–771:19, ACM, 2023.

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Cesário, Vanessa; Nisi, Valentina

Lessons Learned on Engaging Teenage Visitors in Museums with Story-Based and Game-Based Strategies Journal Article

In: ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1–20, 2023.

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Cesário, Vanessa; ao Freitas, Jo; Campos, Pedro

Empowering cultural heritage professionals: designing interactive exhibitions with authoring tools Journal Article

In: Museum Management and Curatorship, pp. 1–15, 2023.

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2022

Sousa, Duarte L.; Campos, Pedro F.; Cesário, Vanessa

Design Implications for Interactive and Analogue Technologies supporting Distance Education: A Longitudinal Mixed-Method Study during the Pandemic Journal Article

In: IxD&A, vol. 52, pp. 6–22, 2022.

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Cesário, Vanessa; Nisi, Valentina

Designing with teenagers: A teenage perspective on enhancing mobile museum experiences Journal Article

In: Int. J. Child Comput. Interact., vol. 33, pp. 100454, 2022.

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Cesário, Vanessa; Nisi, Valentina

A Co-Design Method for Museums to Engage Migrant Communities with Cultural Heritage Proceedings Article

In: DRS2022: Design Research Society, 2022.

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Cesário, Vanessa; Nisi, Valentina

Designing mobile museum experiences for teenagers Journal Article

In: Museum Management and Curatorship, pp. 1–21, 2022.

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Sousa, Duarte L; Cesário, Vanessa; Campos, Pedro F

Enabling Genuine Connections in a Digital Learning Environment for Students Through Information Communication Technologies Proceedings Article

In: International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, pp. 563–575, Springer Nature Switzerland Cham 2022.

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2021

Cesário, Vanessa; Nisi, Valentina

Collecting Qualitative Data During COVID-19 Proceedings

Springer, Cham, vol. 12936, 2021, ISBN: 978-3-030-85607-6.

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Cesário, Vanessa; Acedo, Albert; Nunes, Nuno Jardim; Nisi, Valentina

Promoting Social Inclusion Around Cultural Heritage Through Collaborative Digital Storytelling Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of EAI ArtsIT 2021 – 10th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation, pp. 145–150, Springer, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2021.

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