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Record Nr.

UNINA9910545200203321

Autore

Müller Katja

Titolo

Digital Archives and Collections : Creating Online Access to Cultural Heritage / / Katja Müller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2021

ISBN

1-80073-186-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 pages)

Collana

Anthropology of Media ; ; Volume 11

Disciplina

070.5/797

Soggetti

Archival materials - Digitization

Archival materials - Digitization - Social aspects

Archives - Access control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theorizing digital archives : power, access and new order -- Deciding for digital archives improvement through collection management systems -- Community-based digital archives : programming alternatives -- Creating and curating digital archives : horizontal and vertical structures -- Using digital archives : online encounters, stories of impact and postcolonial agendas -- Digital archives' objects : law and tangibility -- Conclusion. Cultural production in the present with reference to the past and directed at the future.

Sommario/riassunto

"Museums and archives all over the world digitize their collections and provide online access to heritage material. But what factors determine the content, structure and use of these online inventories? This book turns to India and Europe to answer this question. It explains how museums and archives envision, decide and conduct digitization and online dissemination. It also sheds light on born-digital, community-based archives, which have established themselves as new actors in the field. Based on anthropological fieldwork, the chapters in the book trace digital archives from technical advancements and postcolonial initiatives to programming alternatives, editing content, and active use of digital archives".