Digital curation beyond the “wild frontier”: a pragmatic approach

Dallas, Costis

doi:10.1007/s10502-015-9252-6

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“…As for the second subsection that seek to evaluate the content provided forth by the E-GDH system, it was reported ( Figure 6) that the content provided on this website was suitable for use by people of all ages as majority of the target respondents either strongly agreed (5) or agreed (8). The question item that asked if it was easy to understand the content on the E-GDH website showed that the content was easily understood as majority of the respondents either strongly agreed (8) or agreed (7) with the question item.…”

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A Basis of Cultural Education: Safeguarding Intangible Heritage Through a Web-Based Digital Photographic Collection

Lim¹,

Tan²,

Hambira³

2019

Computer Science &Amp; Information Technology (CS &Amp; IT )

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The 21 st century came with its own challenges as much as it brought various benefits through the advancement in technology. Cultural heritage is one such "casualty" of the developments in the 21 st century in that there has been a decline in appreciation and awareness of the importance of cultural heritage. Thus, the present study was necessitated with the primary aim of (i) preservation of the intangible cultural heritage of the people of Georgetown through the development of the E-George Town Digital Heritage (E-GDH) system (ii) develop an effective GUI for the E-DGH system in order to stimulate and captivate the attention of users with the aim of raising awareness as well to educate the masses on the importance of cultural heritage and (iii) to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed system in relation to its objective through the administration of questionnaires to target respondents. To this effect the study employed the use of the waterfall model to develop this E-GDH website. The study found that respondents (prior to using the E-GDH system) had no previous experience in terms of oral story telling from their parents. Overall, it was found that the GUI was pleasant and attractive for use by respondents and that they were able to learn easily as a result. Based on the fact that respondents where able to learn with ease due to an effective GUI, the study also revealed that the content they were learning from this website was actually easy for them to understand and that this website was indeed helpful in helping them to understand and appreciate cultural heritage. The meaning and conduct of the education sector in this era of advanced technology has shifted a lot over the years changing from teachers as the primary source of information to what is termed as "learner-centred" where they are given the leeway to learn, explore and make sense of the world around them and the findings from this study falls no short from this notion. The E-GDH website could be used by schools in subjects such as history where the teacher could use this website as reference point for a certain lesson outcome that deals with digital cultural heritage or intangible cultural heritage. Thus the study contributes immensely to the understanding of cultural heritage by raising awareness as well as stimulating the inters of the young generation to appreciate and learn more about their cultural heritage. The prominence of digitalising the intangible cultural heritage cannot be emphasised enough as recent study has shown decline in interests in these area so the development of the E-GDH is one such positive call to action in response to UNESCO's 2003 call for preservation of intangible cultural heritage and by extension, educating and raising awareness on the importance of cultural heritage.

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A Basis of Cultural Education: Safeguarding Intangible Heritage Through a Web-Based Digital Photographic Collection

Lim¹,

Tan²,

Hambira³

2019

Computer Science &Amp; Information Technology (CS &Amp; IT )

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“…It has been suggested that many issues hindering innovation are challenges also in digitizing cultural heritage [11,19,22]. For example, project management issues, such as understanding the complexity of museum documentation, its digitization projects and evaluation of the completed projects, are significant factors also in museums [23,24]. Digitization puts new requirements to the skills and competencies of its employees [25,26].…”

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Pushing the Limits beyond Catalogue Raisonnée: Step 1. Identifying digitalization challenges in museums

Ekosaari¹,

Pekkola

2019

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Museums collect and preserve natural and cultural heritage. Although contemporary information systems are used for managing and exhibiting collections, they have been designed from the viewpoint of supporting practices and methods from the renaissance period. This makes digitizing and innovating new services challenging. In this paper, we focus on the first step in developing digital services in museums and conduct a twopart exploratory survey on 58 experts (directors, collection and exhibition curators, IT experts) to understand their perceptions on different challenges of digitizing, innovating and creating e-services. The experts first identified different IS related challenges and then selected the most significant ones. Our findings thus provide insights not only about the challenges but also show how their perceived importance vary between the expert groups. These insights help researchers and practitioners to study and develop methods and means to digitize and innovate in museums and other organizations with very long traditions, and thus, with strong culture of doing things in an old way.

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“…Although some of these films are available to view online through other platforms such as YouTube and Facebook, the creation of the digital archive saw, for the first time, the content being collated together in one place to convey stories from the area through the medium of moving image and other archival materials. The design of a platform for the purposes of digital curation required careful consideration to ensure that it accommodated formats effectively, both those created natively on digital platforms, as well as surrogate materials produced as a result of digitisation from analogue and physical formats (Dallas, 2016). In creating this community archive, the importance of these film artefacts as vehicles for the preservation and celebration of intangible cultural heritage is championed, allowing them to exist within a space which conveys stories and social histories unique to the North-East corner of Scotland.…”

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Digital storytelling and participatory local heritage through the creation of an online moving image archive: a case-study of Fraserburgh on Film

Davidson

Reid

2021

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PurposeThe aim of the research was to create a site which could host an archive of moving image associated with the town of Fraserburgh in Scotland, but could also include other digital artefacts to support and enhance the narratives contained within the films. Elements of digital storytelling were utilised, and a purposely designed section, “behind the film”, was included within the site which saw stories presented and supported with the use of archive newspaper clippings, photography and a series of reflective audio clips recorded for the research.Design/methodology/approach“Fraserburgh on Film” is an online platform created for the purpose of collating digital heritage film from the communities situated in the corner of North East Scotland. The research adopted an ethnographic approach working within the community, with James Taylor and other contributors to collect and curate moving images associated with the town. Archival research then supplemented these films. A digital platform was then constructed, tested and launched as the archival repository for the materials collected.FindingsThe research highlights the importance of having a close association with the community in question and provides details about the creation of the platform and framing it in the context of a vehicle for digital storytelling and participatory heritage. The article demonstrates how archive film should be gathered, edited and remastered for long-term preservation and access. Practical aspects such as video hosting, searchability, metadata are explored as are subsequent methods of dissemination and engagement.Practical implicationsThe research highlights a number of practical decisions which must be made when considering similar projects. These include gaining access to the moving images in the first place but also significant infrastructural issues around the creation, organisation and dissemination of an online digital repository. These lessons are transferable to other small community-based cultural and heritage organisations.Social implicationsThe archive has been very positively received in the community as an important repository for preserving community heritage and identity. High levels of public engagement have been demonstrated since its launch, which has led to new material being discovered. The archive has a wider cultural legacy across the North East of Scotland because of both the nature of the films and the widespread use of the Doric dialect.Originality/valueThe originality lies in the distinctive amount of moving image (and oral history) collected by local historian, James Taylor and his willingness to allow his materials to be edited and repurposed to ensure their long-term survival. The lessons learnt in this project are transferable to other locations in terms of both collecting material, the creation of the hosting platform and in crowdsourcing background information. The crucial importance of working with community partners in digital heritage work is reinforced. The research affords practical illustrations of steps to be taken and factors to be considered. It demonstrates how a well-crafted digital heritage product can genuinely engage with the community.

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Digital curation beyond the “wild frontier”: a pragmatic approach

Cited by 40 publications

References 83 publications

A Basis of Cultural Education: Safeguarding Intangible Heritage Through a Web-Based Digital Photographic Collection

A Basis of Cultural Education: Safeguarding Intangible Heritage Through a Web-Based Digital Photographic Collection

Pushing the Limits beyond Catalogue Raisonnée: Step 1. Identifying digitalization challenges in museums

Digital storytelling and participatory local heritage through the creation of an online moving image archive: a case-study of Fraserburgh on Film

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