Theorizing Born Digital Objects: Museums and Contemporary Materialities

Zuanni, Chiara

doi:10.29311/mas.v19i2.3790

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“…From the first sections of museum websites displaying online collections and the early virtual museums, the 2010s has seen the rise of interactive, learning, and participatory cultural platforms where diverse types of audiences can interact with different collections, discover learning resources, enrich their records, and upload new sources (Milligan et al, 2017). Within this context, a new concept of 'Digital heritage' has emerged (Parry, 2007;Zuanni, 2021), and new cultural practices such as online exhibitions, multimedia tours, sound walks, digital mapping, crowdsourcing have become an integral part of the cultural life (Giaccardi, 2012;Ridge, 2017;Zardini Lacedelli et al, 2021). This evolution is reflected in the increased number of content management software specifically dedicated to organising, displaying, assimilated as an integral part of museum organizational structures and development.…”

Section: Digital Curation: New Horizons and Key Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

From “Exhibition” to “Laboratory”: Rethinking Curatorial Practices Through a Digital Experimental Project. The Case Study of #Dolomitesmuseum - Laboratory of Stories

Lacedelli

Fazzi²,

Zanetti

et al. 2023

Heranca

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Digital curation is one of the most experimental areas of museum practice introduced by the digital revolution. A whole new generation of cultural experiences are emerging from the interaction with online spaces and social media platforms, encouraging museums to explore new curatorial approaches. In this paper, we will show how a digital experimental project led to the rethinking of the exhibition format into a more collaborative, interdisciplinary and laboratory approach to museum curation. The case study analysed is Laboratory of Stories, a dynamic participatory archive which was co-designed with a vibrant community of heritage professionals, local communities, and lovers of the Dolomites during a three-year project. An evaluation study combining different qualitative and quantitative methods was implemented to explore the nature of this curatorial practice. A series of key findings emerged from the study: the introduction of new narrative styles and interdisciplinary perspectives; the involvement of different communities in the curatorial process; the shift from a tangible, object-based, to a more intangible, open, and dialogic interpretation of heritage and of knowledge making. The findings show how the ‘laboratory’ metaphor can help museums to embrace the challenges of a participatory, post-digital society, suggesting a novel approach where the co-creation of narratives is at the heart of the curatorial practice.

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Section: Digital Curation: New Horizons and Key Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%