Digital technology and participatory heritage

摘要

First impressions of the heritage sector as being more naturally orientated towards the past than the future, as well as the perennial lack of funding for public history and conservation is well known. However, the sector has been fairly nimble in adopting and adapting digital opportunities pioneered in architecture, construction management, museum curation, archives and archaeology. Digital models and conventions have infiltrated all stages of heritage research and management such as the collection of historical data through mass digitisation projects like TROVE, the documentation of historical places using 3D scanning, the management of conserved buildings through digital building information platforms, and their interpretation using innovative 3D virtual and augmented reality visualisation and gaming techniques.