Future of Digital Data, Heritage and Curation: in a More-than-Human World

The Future of Digital Data,Heritage and Curation critiques digital cultural heritage concepts and their application to data, developing new theories, curatorial practices, and a more-than-human museology for a contemporary and future world. It demonstrates that most perceptions of digital cultural heritage are western in nature and examines the complicity of such heritage in climate change, environmental destruction, and injustice. It also theorizes the future of digital data, heritage, curation, and the notion of the human in the context of the profusion of new types of societal data and production processes driven by the intensification of data economies and the emergence of new technologies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Future of Digital Data, Heritage, and Curation is a groundbreaking exploration that critically examines digital cultural heritage concepts and their application to data, proposing new theories, curatorial practices, and a more-than-human museology for a contemporary and future world. Through a diverse range of case examples from around the globe, author Cameron offers a critical and philosophical reflection on the ways in which digital cultural heritage is currently framed as societal data worth passing on to future generations. The book demonstrates that most perceptions of digital cultural heritage are distinctly Western in nature and explores the complicity of such heritage in climate change, environmental destruction, and injustice.

Furthermore, the book theorizes the future of digital data, heritage, curation, and the notion of the human in the context of the profusion of new types of societal data and production processes driven by the intensification of data economies and the emergence of new technologies. By advocating for the development of new types of heritage that encompass AI, automated systems, biological entities, infrastructures, minerals, and chemicals, the book makes a compelling case for a more inclusive and diverse approach to cultural preservation and management.

The Future of Digital Data, Heritage, and Curation is an essential reading for academics and students engaged in the study of museums, archives, libraries, galleries, archaeology, cultural heritage management, information management, curatorial studies, and digital humanities. It provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing the field, offering valuable insights into the future of digital data, heritage, and curation.

Weight: 486g
Dimension: 154 x 235 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367690588