ABSTRACT

Moves towards a post-custodial, participatory paradigm have been well-documented in the cultural heritage sector. The capacity for individuals to contribute to community archives is significant, given their emphasis on representing the experiences of those hidden, ignored, underrepresented or misrepresented by mainstream cultural heritage institutions. Digital platforms offer affordances that can be utilised to encourage the collecting, curating and sharing of collective memories. While there are analyses of individual projects in using technologies for these aims, collective analyses of such practices remain scant in the scholarly literature. This research examines a purposefully selected sample of projects that feature participatory cultural heritage practices and offers a collective analysis of their objectives and motivations, the varying levels of engagement, the technology-mediated participatory activities supported, and how the projects are resourced and sustained. The findings indicate that the enabling of participation through digital platforms vary in nature, depth and extent, and a spectrum approach can be a useful way of conceptualising and envisaging the various levels of engagement in participatory cultural heritage. The collective analysis shows that when projects are designed with a human-centred computing focus and a community-oriented foundation, there is evidence of deeper engagement and sustained participation.

摘要

文化遗产部门已充分记录了向后监管、参与范式迈进的过程。个人为社区档案做出贡献的能力非常重要，因为他们强调代表那些被主流文化遗产机构隐藏、忽视、代表性不足或歪曲的人的经历。数字平台提供了可用于鼓励收集、管理和共享集体记忆的功能。尽管对使用技术实现这些目标的个别项目进行了分析，但学术文献中对此类实践的集体分析仍然很少。这项研究检查了一个有目的地选择的项目样本，这些项目以参与性文化遗产实践为特色，并对其目标和动机进行了集体分析，不同程度的参与、支持的以技术为媒介的参与活动，以及项目的资源和维持方式。研究结果表明，通过数字平台实现参与的性质、深度和程度各不相同，频谱方法可以成为概念化和设想参与性文化遗产不同参与程度的有用方式。集体分析表明，当项目设计以人为本的计算重点和面向社区的基础时，有证据表明更深入的参与和持续的参与。频谱方法可以成为概念化和设想参与性文化遗产的不同参与程度的有用方式。集体分析表明，当项目设计以人为本的计算重点和面向社区的基础时，有证据表明更深入的参与和持续的参与。频谱方法可以成为概念化和设想参与性文化遗产的不同参与程度的有用方式。集体分析表明，当项目设计以人为本的计算重点和面向社区的基础时，有证据表明更深入的参与和持续的参与。