Canon, Value, and Cultural Heritage: New Processes of Assigning Value in the Postdigital Realm

Abstract

The range of modes through which the new conditions of the postdigital society is leading to a redefinition of the processes of assigning value, and the values themselves, which have hitherto prevailed in the comprehension of cultural heritage, are diverse and broad. Within this framework of critical inquiry, this paper discusses the mechanisms of canon-formation in the context of the web as the new laboratory of cultural production. It is argued that the main dynamics observed can be elucidated under the form of a triad: hypercanonization, socialdecanonization, and transcanonization. These three processes operate simultaneously interlaced and unfold in dialectical tension between the rise of the new (practices, actors, values, ideas), and the maintenance of the old (those structures that already exist). This paper delves into the paths through which such interlace dynamics and tension might reshape the principles by which canonicity develops, as well as poses open questions about the challenges facing us, which should be discussed in further studies and approaches to the problem.

Modelo de análisis cualitativo con ATLAS.ti para novelas postdigitales: Reina y Game Boy

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“…This framework raises new challenges as well as the establishment of new canons. Such a debate is introduced in the paper "Canon, Value, and Cultural Heritage: New Processes of Assigning Value in the Postdigital Realm" [23]. It aims to provide some reflections on the mechanisms of canon formation in the context of the web as a new laboratory of cultural production.…”

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“…Thus, teachers should guide students to examine this conceptualisation to better foster their creativity. For example, Rodríguez‐Ortega (2018) recommended a historical perspective for deconstructing the image of the ideal creative person through interrogating the meanings connoted by the term ‘canon’, investigating the power structure underpinned ‘canon’, the holding of privileged positions, and institutionalised values endorsed by authority. In doing so, students and teachers can explore the concept of creativity from a historical perspective and stress the sociocultural dimension of artistic production (Hopper 2015).…”