Emerging Technologies and Museums: Mediating Difficult Heritage

Published by Berghahn Books 2022

Emerging Technologies and Museums

Mediating Difficult Heritage

Edited by: Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert , Alexandra Bounia and Antigone Heraclidou

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800733756

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How can emerging technologies display, reveal and negotiate difficult, dissonant, negative or undesirable heritage? Emerging technologies in museums have the potential to reveal unheard or silenced stories, challenge preconceptions, encourage emotional responses, introduce the unexpected, and overall provide alternative experiences. By examining varied theoretical approaches and case studies, authors demonstrate how “awkward”, contested, and rarely discussed subjects and stories are treated – or can be potentially treated - in a museum setting with the use of the latest technology.

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Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is Associate Professor at the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology and the coordinator of its Visual Sociology and Museum Studies Lab. Since 2018, she is also the Museum Lab group leader at RISE (Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies).

Alexandra Bounia is Professor of Museology at the University of the Aegean in Greece. Her research interests focus on the history, theory and management of collections and museums, museum ethics, museum sustainability, the role of museums in dealing with difficult and political issues.

Antigone Heraclidou is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Museum Lab of RISE (Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies). Her research interests include Cyprus’ colonial history, decolonisation, education and cultural heritage.

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is Associate Professor at the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology and the coordinator of its Visual Sociology and Museum Studies Lab. Since 2018, she is also the Museum Lab group leader at RISE (Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Emerging Technologies, Museums and Difficult Heritage Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Alexandra Bounia and Antigone Heraclidou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I REVEALING MISSING OR UNDERREPRESENTED NARRATIVES
Chapter 1 THE ROSEWOOD HERITAGE & VR PROJECT Engaging Diffi cult Histories with Digital Technologies Edward González-Tennant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 2 PRESERVING QUEER VOICES Sharon Webb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter 3 WOMEN’S METADATA, SEMANTIC WEB, ONTOLOGIES AND AI Potentials in Critically Enriching Carl Sahlin’s Industrial History Collection Anna Foka, Jenny Attemark and Fredrik Wahlberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Part II ELICITING AFFECTIVE AND EMPATHETIC RESPONSES
Chapter 4 NEW REALITIES FOR NEW MUSEUM EXPERIENCES Virtual and Augmented Realities for Difficult Heritage in Iraq Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 5 DIMENSIONS IN TESTIMONY Affect, Holograms and New Curatorial Challenges Elena Stylianou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 6 ‘WE CAN’T FIX THE FUTURE IF THEY DON’T RECOGNISE OUR PAST’ The Uses of Immersive Technologies for a Child Sexual Abuse Museum in Australia Lily Hibberd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Chapter 7 EXPERIENCING THE ANTHROPOCENE The Contested Heritage of Climate Breakdown Colin Sterling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Part III CREATING A SENSE OF PRESENCE, IMMERSION AND EMBODIMENT
Chapter 8 DESIGNING INTERACTIONS O n the Use of Digital Technologies in the Musealisation of Difficult Built Heritage Francesca Lanz and Elena Montanari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Chapter 9 DARK MANOEUVRES Digitally Reincorporating the Marginalised Body in the Museum Lily Hibberd and Sarah Kenderdine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Chapter 10 A MUSEUM OF DEEPFAKES? Potentials and Pitfalls for Deep Learning Technologies Jenny Kidd and Arran J. Rees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
AFTERWORD Alexandra Bounia, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert and Antigone Heraclidou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 252
Keywords: Museum Studies; Heritage Studies; Media Studies

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Published: January 14, 2022
ISBN: 9781800733756