Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy

Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy

The present article presents results of a study that aims at the assessment of ergonomic safety conditions inside the Palatina chapel of Palermo. To reach this object, an informative questionnaire was established so as to collect visitors’ subjective judgments regarding overall ergonomic conditions...

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Main Authors: Salvatore Barbaro, Rosario Caracausi, Bénédicte Chaix, Rosa Maria Chisesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2007-07-01
Series:Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage
Online Access:http://conservation-science.unibo.it/article/view/1229
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spelling doaj-4149942b29c743f78b429fef1ba47f692020-11-24T23:47:38ZengUniversity of BolognaConservation Science in Cultural Heritage1974-49511973-94942007-07-017110.6092/issn.1973-9494/12291191Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, ItalySalvatore BarbaroRosario CaracausiBénédicte ChaixRosa Maria ChisesiThe present article presents results of a study that aims at the assessment of ergonomic safety conditions inside the Palatina chapel of Palermo. To reach this object, an informative questionnaire was established so as to collect visitors’ subjective judgments regarding overall ergonomic conditions in terms of accessibility, availability, safety or else environmental conditions (thermo-hygrometry; air, sound and visual quality); this stage was carried out, bearing in mind the Museum Visitors’ Rights Card that is currently under creation by the “Legambiente” group. An automatic instrument was bought to daily count the numbers of visitors; the latter element shall then be related to indoor environmental data registered thanks to a monitoring system of thermohygrometry, illuminating engineering and environmental aggressiveness.http://conservation-science.unibo.it/article/view/1229
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Rosa Maria Chisesi
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title Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy
title_short Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy
title_full Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy
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title_full_unstemmed Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy
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publishDate 2007-07-01
description The present article presents results of a study that aims at the assessment of ergonomic safety conditions inside the Palatina chapel of Palermo. To reach this object, an informative questionnaire was established so as to collect visitors’ subjective judgments regarding overall ergonomic conditions in terms of accessibility, availability, safety or else environmental conditions (thermo-hygrometry; air, sound and visual quality); this stage was carried out, bearing in mind the Museum Visitors’ Rights Card that is currently under creation by the “Legambiente” group. An automatic instrument was bought to daily count the numbers of visitors; the latter element shall then be related to indoor environmental data registered thanks to a monitoring system of thermohygrometry, illuminating engineering and environmental aggressiveness.
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