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Digital Cultural Heritage and Social Sustainability
This research investigated factors that were perceived to contribute to the social sustainability of cultural heritage information services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen users, guided by three broad questions: 1. Which factors they consider are important for DCH services to be socially sustainable or to achieve social sustainability? 2. What indicators they perceive from current DCH services that suggest social sustainability? 3. What they believe to be the main challenges for DCH services to achieve or maintain social sustainability? Social sustainability of DCH information services was associated with: strategy and policy, advocacy and community engagement, equity, cultural sensitivity and literacy, assessment and evaluation
On reflexive and participatory approaches in digital preservation today (Interview with Samantha Lutz)
Digitisation brings new demands and new challenges to the realm of cultural heritage, particularly around voice and preservation. Natalie Harrower is Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), a national digital repository for archiving, preserving and providing access to Ireland’s cultural heritage, humanities and social sciences data. In the interview, Natalie Harrower examines current developments in digital preservation from a practical perspective, offering concrete examples that range from technical and legal challenges and participatory memory practices to future challenges of digital preservation such as creative practices of reuses, economies of sharing cultural heritage and preservation of digitally-born materials. Against this backdrop, she addresses ethical issues and the question of cultural sustainability, spanning the poles of remembering and forgetting and diverging preservation strategies in today’s digital universe.
Understanding teacher digital competence in the framework of social sustainability: a systematic review
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ICT has been urgently introduced in education
systems in a generalised manner. In this context, it is essential for teachers to master a spectrum of
basic digital competencies and manifest digital leadership in the classroom. In addition, it is necessary
to consider the relationship between digital competence development and social sustainability, that
is, social and cultural heritage, and to what extent they contribute to improving social cohesion
and living conditions in a community. This study presents a systematic review of research on
teacher digital competence and social sustainability based on the PRISMA model and a review of
22 studies indexed in SCOPUS. The review reveals that most are intended to measure the digital
competence level of teachers, usually in compulsory stages of the educational system and through
quantitative studies based on virtual questionnaires comprised of closed-ended questions. However,
the studies tend to ignore questions related to social sustainability (access to resources, heritage
culture, intergenerational transmission, employability, or gender equality). It is therefore urgent to
develop research committed to a sustainable society that is oriented towards social justice
Heritage designation and urban territorial balance in Andalusia (Spain): an approach towards collaborative methods in rural areas
Numerous studies suggest that cultural heritage can be a powerful resource for local development when managed from the principles of sustainability and resilience. This paper aims to make a significant contribution to the designation of heritage assets. The case of the Andalusian region of southern Spain presents both qualitative and quantitative differences when a comparative study is made between urban centers, medium-sized cities, small towns, and rural areas. Subsequently, the paper proposes diverse methodologies to improve heritage designation in vulnerable territories through the incorporation of collaborative methods and digital humanities. The final objective is to conclude how to improve cultural heritage location and information processes to maximize social impact in areas suffering from aging and depopulation problems
Digital Immersion Technology and Its Strategy in the Field of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation
Urban and architectural heritage, an important part of tangible cultural heritage, is a treasure of humanity and spiritual supply that nourishes and sustains the vitality and cohesiveness of all peoples. With the rapid modernization of cities, the urban and architectural heritage left by our ancestors is facing the risk of irreversible destruction or permanent disappearance, so the research on the application of digital conservation of urban and architectural heritage is of importance and urgency. To this end, based on the research theme of urban and architectural heritage, with the application of digital immersion technology in the field of urban and architectural heritage conservation as a clue, and by sorting out its development status and trends, the application forms of relevant projects are analyzed and relevant ideas, and finally summarized about the four ideas and strategies of “value interpretation”, “authenticity”, “in situ” and “sustainability”. Among them, “value interpretation” is the core of immersion technology application, “authenticity” is the fundamental source, “in situ” is the characteristic highlight, and “sustainability” is the future direction of social, economic and cultural integration, hoping to provide a possible technical approach and reference of ideas and strategies for digital conservation of urban and architectural heritage worldwide
On how technology-powered storytelling can contribute to cultural heritage sustainability across multiple venues-Evidence from the crosscult H2020 project
Sustainability in Cultural Heritage (CH) is a complex question that needs to be addressed by a group of experts tackling the different issues. In this light, the present work wishes to provide a multi-level analysis of the sustainability in CH, using as an example a recent European H2020 project (CrossCult) and the lessons learnt from its design, implementation and evaluation. The sustainability of CH has qualitatively changed over the last few years, under the developments in digital technology that seems to affect the very nature of the cultural experience. We discuss sustainability in venues using digital technologies, covering a span of needs of small/unknown and large/popular venues, which try to enhance the visitor experience, attract visitors, form venue networks, etc. Moreover, we explore issues of sustainability of digital content and its re usability through holistic design. Aspects of technology, human networks and data sustainability are also presented, and we conclude with the arguments concerning the sustainability of visitor reflection, the interpretation of social and historical phenomena and the creation of meaning.This research was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No 693150. The authors from the University of Vigo got further support from the European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Galician Regional Government under agreement for funding the
AtlantTIC Research Center for Information and Communication Technologies, as well as the Ministerio de
Educación y Ciencia (Gobierno de España) research project TIN2017-87604-R
Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India
Currently, heritage is challenged in the Indian city of Surat due to diverse pressures, including rapid urbanization, increasing housing demand, and socio‐cultural and climate changes. Where rapid demographic growth of urban areas is happening, heritage is disappearing at an alarming rate. Despite some efforts from the local government, urban cultural heritage is being neglected and historic buildings keep being replaced by ordinary concrete buildings at a worryingly rapid pace. Discussions of challenges and issues of Surat’s urban area is supported by a qualitative dataset, including in‐depth semi‐structured interviews and focus groups with local policy makers, planners, and heritage experts, triangulated by observation and a photo‐survey of two historic areas. Findings from this study reveal a myriad of challenges such as: inadequacy of urban conservation management policies and processes focused on heritage, absence of skills, training, and resources amongst decision makers and persistent conflict and competition between heritage conservation needs and developers’ interests. Furthermore, the values and significance of Surat’s tangible and intangible heritage is not fully recognized by its citizens and heritage stakeholders. A crucial opportunity exists for Surat to maximize the potential of heritage and reinforce urban identity for its present and future generations. Surat’s context is representative of general trends and conservation challenges and therefore recommendations developed in this study hold the potential to offer interesting insights to the wider planners and conservationists’ international community. This paper recommends thoughtful integration of sustainable heritage urban conservation into local urban development frameworks and the establishment of approaches that recognize the plurality of heritage values
Cultural heritage appraisal by visitors to global cities: the use of social media and urban analytics in urban buzz research
An attractive cultural heritage is an important magnet for visitors to many cities nowadays. The present paper aims to trace the constituents of the destination attractiveness of 40 global cities from the perspective of historical-cultural amenities, based on a merger of extensive systematic databases on these cities. The concept of cultural heritage buzz is introduced to highlight: (i) the importance of a varied collection of urban cultural amenities; (ii) the influence of urban cultural magnetism on foreign visitors, residents and artists; and (iii) the appreciation for a large set of local historical-cultural amenities by travelers collected from a systematic big data set (emerging from the global TripAdvisor platform). A multivariate and econometric analysis is undertaken to validate and test the quantitative picture of the above conceptual framework, with a view to assess the significance of historical-cultural assets and socio-cultural diversity in large urban agglomerations in the world as attraction factors for visitors. The results confirm our proposition on the significance of urban cultural heritage as a gravity factor for destination choices in international tourism in relation to a high appreciation for historical-cultural amenities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Digital technologies & archaeological ethics
Emerging digital technologies offer unprecedented opportunities to enhance research, communication, information sharing, interpretation, and conservation in archaeology and cultural heritage management. Digital technologies add extra dimensions to existing ethical questions, including the maintenance of professional standards and how to balance intellectual, cultural property, and other rights against the public ‘right to know’. Digital technologies also raise new issues that have ethical dimensions including technological, organisational and economic sustainability; proprietary interests in producing, promoting, funding and maintaining widely used digital technologies and platforms, and convergence of professional and ‘community’ practices in the digital sphere. The paper will discuss such questions drawing on information collected through recent qualitative research on use of digital communication technologies in archaeology and heritage practice and the presenter’s experiences in developing the New South Wales Archaeology Online sustainable digital archive.Australian Academy of the Humanities; the ANU College of Arts and Social Science
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Conjunto clash : competition and sustainability in 21st-century cultural heritage management
Scholar Dan Margolies has noted the growing presence of music initiatives in the Texas-Mexican conjunto community that conform to the framework of “cultural sustainability,” as defined by ethnomusicologist Jeff Todd Titon (Margolies 2011: 30). Titon’s model “decenters the top-down discourse by cultural heritage experts, and instead … repositions cultural workers collaboratively” (Titon 2009: 703). One program identified by Margolies as culturally sustainable is the Big Squeeze statewide youth accordion contest (Margolies 2015). The Big Squeeze attempts to promote the many accordion traditions of Texas by showcasing talented young performers. In practice, the event conforms to a co-operative mode of cultural heritage management in that it stages auditions throughout the state, often in underserved or rural areas, and collaborates extensively with local musicians, teachers, cultural workers, and business owners. The Big Squeeze has also created professional opportunities for its winners. On the other hand, many issues emerge as a result of the event’s sustainable structure. In the case of conjunto, the element of competition is at constant odds with the music’s resonance as a symbol of working-class solidarity among Mexican-Americans. More broadly, competition can have the effect of discouraging young participants from playing. Other problems arise when attempting to address the needs of multiple music communities through one framework. Ultimately, the lessons from the Big Squeeze build upon Titon’s scholarship by identifying and attempting to create solutions for unforeseen issues presented by culturally sustainable heritage efforts.Musi
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