1st Edition

Digital Approaches to Inclusion and Participation in Cultural Heritage Insights from Research and Practice in Europe

262 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited book brings together best examples and practices of digital and interactive approaches and platforms from a number of projects based in European countries to foster social inclusion and participation in heritage and culture. It engages with ongoing debates on the role of culture and heritage in contemporary society relating to inclusion and exclusion, openness, access, and... Read more
  1. Introduction: digital approaches to inclusion and participation in cultural heritage
  2. Danilo Giglitto, Luigina Ciolfi, and Eleanor Lockley

  3. Digital storytelling, cultural heritage, and social inclusion: the MEMEX project
  4. Cristina Da Milano, Elisabetta Falchetti, Pascuala Migone, and Valentina Nisi

  5. Digital pathways for enriched communities and futures: plantation heritage in São Tomé and Príncipe
  6. Stefania Stellacci and Sara Eloy

  7. The #iziTRAVELSicilia project: participatory digital storytelling for inclusive and co-creative processes regarding cultural heritage
  8. Elisa Bonacini

  9. CultureLabs: Recipes for social innovation
  10. Eirini Kaldeli, Danilo Giglitto, Eleanor Lockley and Luigina Ciolfi

  11. Civic museums, social need, and inclusive digital practices
  12. Lara Perry

  13. Participatory polyvocal performative and playful interpreting Resnik’s 4 for creative placemaking with digital tools
  14. Tanis Grandison, Tom Flint, and Kirstie Jamieson

  15. Uncovering the colonial legacy in a British digital archive: The Pitt Rivers Museum case
  16. Rinella Cere, Danilo Giglitto, and Daniela Petrelli

  17. Reframing ephemera: digitisation, community music-making, and archival value(s)
  18. Charlotte Armstrong, Rachel Cowgill, Alan Dix, Christina Bashford, Rupert Ridgewell, Maureen Reagan, Michael Twidale, and J. Stephen Downie

  19. Sami traces: Diversity and curatorial workarounds in image archives
  20. Vendela Grundell Gachoud, Anna Näslund Dahlgren, and Karin Hansson

  21. Reading, play, and critical engagement with cultural heritage: Associating children with Orientalist paintings through an interactive picturebook
  22. Betül Gaye Dinç, Özge Subaşı and Ilgım Veryeri Alaca

  23. Afterword: Code-switching: Feeling the "emotional turn" in digital cultural heritage

    Ross Parry

 

 

Biography

Danilo Giglitto is a researcher working at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His work falls in the areas of heritage studies, sociology, and human-computer interaction, with a particular focus on digitally mediated and social-innovation compatible community-led cultural heritage projects.

Luigina Ciolfi is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland. She researches the human experience of and practices around digital technologies, with a particular focus on the cultural heritage domain and on participatory and co-design methodologies.

Eleanor Lockley is a Research Fellow at the Culture and Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She works across and within sociology, media, human-computer interaction, and cultural studies. Her research focuses on digital media and the sociology of communication as well as aspects of digital inclusion, and digital and media literacy.

Eirini Kaldeli is a senior researcher at the Artificial Intelligence and Learning Systems Laboratory of the National Technical University of Athens. Her most recent work focuses on the development of frameworks and tools that make use of cutting-edge digital technologies for data management, creative reuse, crowdsourcing, and engagement in the field of cultural heritage.