Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers

A Research Program for Studying LAMs and Community in the Digital Age

“…Cultural resilience refers to the impact of cultural values and customs in change processes. Cultural resilience originates from a variety of disciplines: theories are from socio-ecology, social psychology, and healthcare (Rotarangi & Stephenson, 2014); community cultural heritage (Beel et al, 2015); and local cultural economy (Pratt, 2015). Health studies focus on how resilient culture aspects can lead to positive health outcomes (see, e.g., Bals, Turi, Skre & Kvernmo, 2011).…”

“…Health studies focus on how resilient culture aspects can lead to positive health outcomes (see, e.g., Bals, Turi, Skre & Kvernmo, 2011). Local identities strengthened through heritage activities contributes to local cultural resilience, and to community resilience (Beel et al, 2015).…”

(Re)presenting heritage: Laser scanning and 3D visualisations for cultural resilience and community engagement

“…There has been a recognition, however, that community perspectives and participation in cultural heritage are a key factor for enabling the Journal of Information Science, 2016, pp. 1-14 © The Author(s), DOI: 10.1177/0165551510000000 development of resilient communities by the construction of locally relevant cultural narratives whereby the future of communities is envisioned by understanding the past [17]. Norris et al [18] suggest that resilience may broadly be considered to be 'a process linking a set of adaptive capacities to a positive trajectory of functioning and adaptation after a disturbance.'…”

A Note on Resilience Perspectives in Public Library Research: Paths Towards Research Agendas

“…Cultural resilience refers to the impact of culture-specific values and customs on adaptation to major change. The cultural resilience literature can be divided into three strands: a socio-ecological theoretical perspective; a social psychology and healthcare perspective (Rotarangi & Stephenson, 2014); and a cultural heritage activities and organizations perspective (Beel et al, 2015), including local cultural economy capacity building (Pratt, 2015). Social psychological approaches generally concentrate more on individual resilience strategies of adaptation to change than the two other perspectives, which tend to be society and community oriented.…”

“…Place (locally) based identities created and consolidated through cultural heritage activities expressed through voluntary organizations (local history societies) and heritage institutions (local museums) can contribute to local cultural resilience, and by doing so contribute to building collective resilience and community resilience (Beel et al, 2015). In the same vein, maintenance of historical buildings and adjacent community activities, such as festivals and voluntary association meetings, co-produce local identity and community resilience.…”