Heritage and social media : understanding heritage in a participatory culture / edited by Elisa Giaccardi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giaccardi, Elisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social media.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

Cultural property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heritage and Social Media explores how social media reframes our understanding and experience of heritage. Through the idea of 'participatory culture' the book begins to examine how social media can be brought to bear on the encounter with heritage and on the socially produced meanings and values that individuals and communities ascribe to it.To highlight the specific changes produced by social media, the book is structured around three major themes:? Social Practice. New ways of understanding and experiencing heritage are emerging as a result of

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; OTHERS: A prologue; INTRODUCTION: Reframing heritage in a participatory culture; PART I Social practice; 1 COLLECTIVE MEMORY AS AFFIRMATION: People-centered cultural heritage in a digital age; 2 SOCIALLY DISTRIBUTED CURATION OF THE BHOPAL DISASTER: A case of grassroots heritage in the crisis context; 3 MUSEUM OF THE SELF AND DIGITAL DEATH: An emerging curatorial dilemma for digital heritage; 4 SOCIAL TRACES: Participation and the creation of shared heritage; PART II Public formation

5 REMEMBERING TOGETHER: Social media and the formation of the historical present6 HERITAGE KNOWLEDGE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE INTANGIBLE; 7 CONNECTING TO EVERYDAY PRACTICES: Experiences from the Digital Natives exhibition; 8 THE RISE OF THE 'MEDIA MUSEUM': Creating interactive cultural experiences through social media; PART II Sense of place; 9 MOSAICS AND MULTIPLES: Online digital photography and the framing of heritage; 10 MOBILE OUIJA BOARDS; 11 EXTENDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LAND AND PEOPLE DIGITALLY: Designing with rural Herero communities in Namibia

12 SITUATING THE SOCIABILITY OF INTERACTIVE MUSEUM GUIDESAFTERWORD: Dialogue in the space between ethnography and heritage; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-28487-7

1-136-28481-8

1-283-52139-3

9786613833846

0-203-11298-9

1-136-28488-5

9780203112984

OCLC:

804661216