Even Better than the Real Thing? Digital Copies and Digital Museums in a Digital Cultural Policy

Hylland, Ole Marius

doi:10.3384/cu.2000.1525.179162

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“…This applies to academic as well as popular discourses, which tend generally to be ripe with declarations about the era-defining and transformative consequences of digitalization. A similar tendency is detectable in the discourse on digitalization in the ALM-field, as already hinted to by Hylland (2017). The epochalist framing is revealed most clearly in the titles of some of the white papers, which allude to the present as an "age" of digitalization ("Sources of Knowledge and Experience: On archives, Libraries and Museums in an ICT-age", "Libraries: Public Knowledge, Meeting Place and Cultural Arena in a Digital Age"), and in the use of concepts such as "information society" and "digital society" in the documents.…”

Section: Journal Of Current Cultural Researchsupporting

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The Mystification of Digital Technology in Norwegian Policies on Archives, Libraries and Museums: Digitalization as Policy Imperative

Henningsen

Larsen

2020

Cult. Unbound

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In this article, we investigate how digitalization has attained the role of policy imperative in the culture sector, and how the imperative is influencing contemporary policy discourses on archives, libraries and museums (ALM-organizations) in Norway. We have analyzed policy documents issued by state authorities within the Norwegian ALM-sector since the time around the turn of the century, and demonstrate through the analysis that one must take three types of cultural processes into consideration in order to understand how digitalization has attained the status as policy imperative. Each of the cultural processes amounts to a form of mystification. Firstly, one must understand that digitalization’s ascendancy into a policy imperative is in part a process of imitation, of other countries and societal sectors. Secondly, one must take into account the conceptual framing of the policy discourse, in particular in relation to the epochalist vision that structure the discourse. Thirdly, one must take into account the process of fetishism which is at work in this policy discourse. Combined, these processes lead to digitalization being perceived as a force which is external to social relations, dictating action on the part of actors working within the sector. As such, digitalization comes effectively to serve as an overarching policy imperative in the culture sector.

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Section: Journal Of Current Cultural Researchsupporting

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The Mystification of Digital Technology in Norwegian Policies on Archives, Libraries and Museums: Digitalization as Policy Imperative

Henningsen

Larsen

2020

Cult. Unbound

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“…There were other noteworthy suggestions extracted from the open-ended comments of the participants. For instance, one specifically expressed his/her expectation on a “warmer lighting” of the photos that could “simulate a virtual visit” to a physical museum (Participant #19), which denotes the importance of considering not only the quality of photos [ 28 ] but also visitors’ hedonic or affective experience during the digitization process [ 29 ].…”

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Development and Evaluation of a Digital Museum of a National Intangible Cultural Heritage from China

Liu

2021

Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue

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Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) such as traditional craftsmanship lacks a physical form and often originates from minority groups with little documentation. Digital technologies can be leveraged for documenting and archiving these assets of humanity. In particular, digital museums are established for promoting public understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage. Despite the richness of ICH in China, the development of digital museums of ICH is still in an early stage and mostly from government endeavours. As part of an inter-disciplinary collaborative project involving academic researchers, information professionals, and a private not-for-profit museum, this paper described the development of Gifts from Lanmama, a digital museum of Miao embroidery as a unique ICH from Guizhou ethnic minorities in China. This paper also reported a preliminary evaluation of the digital museum with 78 users, in terms of its usability and affordance for learning about cultural heritage. Results revealed the strengths of the digital museum in terms of the rigor of metadata and its impact on improving users’ understanding and appreciation of Miao embroidery. Some issues and challenges were also identified, such as the lack of channels for user-system communication. These evaluation results offer insights for further improving the digital museum and other end-user oriented digital presentations of similar ICH.

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“…Just as valued is the process of making it accessible to visitors. According to Hylland (2017), around the same time that museums began providing digital content in 1995, the democratic potential of digital content was acknowledged by Norway in 1996. Research from Hylland (2017) explored how Norway views information technology as a potential method to make museum content more ac-cessible to the public.…”

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“…Research from Hylland (2017) explored how Norway views information technology as a potential method to make museum content more ac-cessible to the public. A report from the Auditor General of Norway asserted that one of the primary goals for digital cultural heritage is providing access (Hylland 2017). This large-scale acknowledgment of the significance of using digital content to provide access to cultural institutions indicates that not only should this content have a considerable impact on audience engagement but there should also be further discussion about making it the standard for cultural institutions beyond times of temporary closures.…”

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The Social Media “Magic”: Virtually Engaging Visitors during COVID-19 Temporary Closures

Ryder

Zhang

Hua

2021

Administrative Sciences

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The purpose of this study was to explore what types of digital content cultural institutions implemented during COVID-19 temporary closures and their effects on social media engagement. Existing research identified the role of digital content and social media in cultural institutions, but only in times of normal operations. This study adds to the existing literature by exploring the types of digital content implemented, impacts on social media engagement, measures of social media engagement, and future implications in regard to COVID-19 temporary closures. This study recruited 66 cultural institutions from across the United States to take part in in-depth semi-structured phone interviews to fulfill the research goals. Museums, zoos, aquariums, performing arts organizations, heritage foundations, and historical societies were represented. A qualitative approach was adopted, and content analysis on the interview transcripts indicated that cultural institutions implemented digital content to build communities through live and serialized content, partnerships, fundraising, increased transparency, and increased accessibility during temporary closures. Using primarily Instagram and Facebook with their digital content, cultural institutions increased social media engagement during this time. Although there was no consensus on best practices in measuring social media engagement, many institutions highlighted tracking active engagement such as likes, comments, and shares. As a result of the success of the digital content, cultural institutions planned continued digital content campaigns such as videos, blogs, partnerships, and paid educational content in times of normal operations.

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Even Better than the Real Thing? Digital Copies and Digital Museums in a Digital Cultural Policy

Cited by 16 publications

References 20 publications

The Mystification of Digital Technology in Norwegian Policies on Archives, Libraries and Museums: Digitalization as Policy Imperative

The Mystification of Digital Technology in Norwegian Policies on Archives, Libraries and Museums: Digitalization as Policy Imperative

Development and Evaluation of a Digital Museum of a National Intangible Cultural Heritage from China

The Social Media “Magic”: Virtually Engaging Visitors during COVID-19 Temporary Closures

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