“Digital Preservation Technology for Cultural Heritage” discusses the technology and processes in digital preservation of cultural heritage. It covers topics in five major areas: Digitization of cultural heritage Digital management in the cultural heritage preservation Restoration techniques for rigid solid relics Restoration techniques for paintings Digital museums It also includes […]
2013 • asset management • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • digital humanities • virtual museumStory Weaver
Story Weaver is a custom web application created by a team made up of Wade Chambers and David Turnbull of the Native Eyes Project at IAIA and Virginia Murdoch and Joseph Pearson at Inventive Labs, a Web Design firm. The software is constructed on top of an Inventive Labs-built framework […]
asset management • database • digital storytelling • softwareFOSS Digital Curation, Asset Management & Community Archiving Systems
A list of over 25 free and open source digital curation, asset management & community archiving systems that may be of interest to communities (Indigenous or not) seeking to sustain and share words, images, videos, sounds, collections, etc. These tools are free in that you can download the source files […]
archive • asset management • community memory • curation • digital tools • open sourceDigital Namibian Archive
The Digital Namibian Archive (DNA) is an innovative project that brings together international partners to develop a rich digital resource that reflects the diversity of voices and cultural stories of Namibian people to individuals throughout the United States, Africa and the world. This collaborative project, lead jointly by Utah Valley […]
asset management • Namibia • oral narrative • researchIndigenous Knowledge and Resource Management in Northern Australia: Non-coherence as a Virtue
This paper is a story of an Australian Research Council funded project involving Aboriginal knowledge communities, resource management, and digital technologies. We argue that in this work promoting non-coherence, both epistemic and ontic, is a virtue. In our presentation we will use our project website http://www.cdu.edu.au/centres/ik/ to show how non-coherence […]
2007 • aboriginal • asset management • Australia • digital tools • indigenous / traditional knowledge • non-coherenceTaonga Online: Managing and Preserving Culture in a Digital Age
Introduction The pace of change of information technology is not in dispute. We are all familiar with the way electronic storage media become obsolete. The hardware and software combinations that use these storage devices mutate even faster and, of course, one is of no use without the other. While we […]
2000 • asset management • museum • New Zealand • obsolescence • Te KahuiICTS for Intercultural Dialogue: An Overview of UNESCO’s Indigenous Communication Project
Abstract Using ICTs to preserve and revitalize Indigenous cultures and to promote intercultural dialogue is the aim of UNESCO’s ICT4ID Project. Five pilot projects were conducted in 2004-2005 in Africa and South America to train Indigenous people in ICTs, support production of local content and assist in its distribution. Three […]
2006 • Africa • asset management • challenges • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • representation • revitalization • South America • UNESCOCitizen-created content, digital equity and the preservation of community memory
Abstract While the complex issues concerning the protection and preservation of digital assets are better understood by the information professions, there is still much thinking required about the preservation and protection of the new wave of citizen-created content. Traditionally information professionals in all types of memory institutions have clearly met […]
2009 • Aotearoa • asset management • community memory • culture | preservation • digital collections • New ZealandFree & Open Source Digital Curation, Asset Management & Community Archiving Systems
Updates 12/30/11: Added Archon, Kete, and Open Exhibits. 5/12/12: Added DAITSS, DPSP, HOPPLA, and RODA. 6/8/12: Added Vannotea & Indigenous Knowledge Management Software. 5/13/13: Added ELAN. 7/5/15: Added ArchivesSpace, CollectionSpace, Islandora. In honor of the new year, I thought I’d offer a list of (now 29) free and open source […]
application • archive • asset management • content management system • curation • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge management • open source