Bridging Psychological Distance from Climate Change through Experiential Learning within Heritage Organisations

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dc.contributor.authorAndrei, Mariaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHeinrich, Sonjaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJacques, Jasonen_US
dc.contributor.authorOliver, Iainen_US
dc.contributor.authorPisani, Sharonen_US
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Alanen_US
dc.contributor.authorBates, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.editorCampana, Stefanoen_US
dc.contributor.editorFerdani, Danieleen_US
dc.contributor.editorGraf, Holgeren_US
dc.contributor.editorGuidi, Gabrieleen_US
dc.contributor.editorHegarty, Zackaryen_US
dc.contributor.editorPescarin, Sofiaen_US
dc.contributor.editorRemondino, Fabioen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-05T20:35:49Z
dc.date.available2025-09-05T20:35:49Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractPsychological distance from climate change---the perception that its impacts occur far away, in the future, to other people, or with uncertain likelihood---has been established as a major barrier to public understanding and action. Building on seven workshops hosted on an Antarctic expedition and two museum exhibitions located in Scotland, we present and evaluate a Virtual Reality (VR) approach that embeds local and global climate scenarios in museum exhibitions to collapse the four dimensions of psychological distance: temporal, spatial, social (identity) and uncertainty. Results demonstrate that VR can increase emotional engagement and perceived personal relevance with climate change. The paper proposes a set of guidelines for extending the scope of this work.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersNarratives, Multimodality, and Emotional Engagement in Heritage
dc.description.seriesinformationDigital Heritage
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/dh.20253353
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-277-6
dc.identifier.pages4 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/dh.20253353
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/dh20253353
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleBridging Psychological Distance from Climate Change through Experiential Learning within Heritage Organisationsen_US
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