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A Virtual Museum of Pompeii âex Votosâ: Design Strategies
Safeguarding cultural heritageâpreserving it from the neglect of time and abandonmentâis not in itself enough that the patrimony truly constitutes a part of that slow process of identity which in its in- ner essence of heritage, that of inheritance, cultural heritage is called upon to participate. For this to happen, it is necessary that heritage is âaccessibleâ in the sense that Jeremy Rifkin has attributed to this termâproposed as a âpossible experienceâ in everyday lives. Thus, new digital technologies not only make it possible to build virtually unlimited âmemory archivesâ, but also to access systems, with a dynamic and interactive consultation so that a new generation of âprosumersâ (producers/consumers) of the cultural heritage can give new meaning to it. This chapter investigates the potential and meaning of these new âmemory archivesâ through the case study of the archive of the Ex Voto of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii and of the âstoriesâ that it treasures