Digital Heritage

Abstract

Natural and cultural heritage, the common wealth of human beings, are keys to human understanding of the evolution of our planet and social development. The protection and conservation of natural and cultural heritage is the common responsibility of all mankind. Spatial information technology provides a new applied theory and tool for the protection and utilization of natural and cultural heritage. This chapter is divided into four parts. The first part elaborates the connotation of digital heritage, the differences and connections between digital heritage and physical heritage, the technology of digital heritage formation and the research objectives and content of digital heritage. Parts 2 and 3 discuss the contents and methods of digital natural heritage and cultural heritage, respectively, and some practical case studies. In the fourth part, the future development trends of digital heritage research in protection and utilization are described, as well as six research directions that deserve attention. Keywords Digital heritage • Spatial information technology • Remote sensing • Archaeology • Heritage conservation • Case study 17.1 A Brief Introduction to Digital Heritage Natural and cultural heritage, with unique value in the realms of science, culture, history and art, are like jewels emerging from a wide variety of ground object types that shine on the surface of the Earth. Heritage is defined as our legacy from the past, what

Hardware Heritage—Briefcase-Sized Computers

“…Digital heritage research focuses mostly on: (1) digitalisation of tangible (analogue) heritage assets; (2) preservation of digital heritage; (3) use of digital heritage; (4) presentation, sharing, and promotion of digital heritage; and (5) legal matters relevant to the protection of the heritage [5]. Hence, the issue is rather broad, and applies to equipment (modern and archaic), software, and digital data.…”

“…Moreover, the discussion concerning what digital cultural heritage actually is continues. Which objects, both hardware and software, are worth preserving (archiving), which are not, and who is to decide that [5]? It is a certain research gap that justifies relevant studies.…”

Digital Cultural Behavior in the documentary The Social Dilemma (2020): Psychoanalysis

“…It has to make the future accessibility, preservation, and comprehension of digital content a top priority [13]. As the result, UNESCO has been very concerned about the acknowledgement and retention of its Outstanding Universal Value (OUV), trying to highlight the arising impact of digital legacy, which is described by UNESCO as the use of digital technology in the service of conserving, safeguarding, studying, and presenting these heritages [14].…”