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A Low-Cost Framework For The Digital Preservation Of Indigenous Artwork And Languages: An Australian Case Study Review, Derani N. Dissanayake, David M. Cook
A Low-Cost Framework For The Digital Preservation Of Indigenous Artwork And Languages: An Australian Case Study Review, Derani N. Dissanayake, David M. Cook
Dr. David M Cook
This study examined a framework for a low-cost, sustainable solution to the challenge of the Indigenous digital preservation of culture in the form of artwork and languages. In a global sense, the traditional transfer of Indigenous culture runs the risk of information loss and inconsistency when Indigenous cultural groups compete alongside mainstream Western cultural systems. Indigenous Australian culture has been passed down through traditional means from old to young, with many works of art, and discrete languages transferred without written, printed or digitised record. The study examines the challenges associated with the process of language and artwork pertaining to Indigenous …
The Changing Values Of Digital Legacies: E-Books And The Challenges Of Data Mobility And The Perceived Value Of Books, Derani Nathasha Dissanayake, David M. Cook
The Changing Values Of Digital Legacies: E-Books And The Challenges Of Data Mobility And The Perceived Value Of Books, Derani Nathasha Dissanayake, David M. Cook
Dr. David M Cook
Digital Legacies in the form of e-Books represent a challenge for those who make direct comparisons to in-print paper books. Digital legacies come in a variety of segments that are characterised in terms of their perceived value. Digital objects retain higher values when they are easily transferred from one person to another. The value of e-books is dependent upon the ability to access and re-read each e-book, and to make a comparison between an e-book and a paper copy of the same book. A qualitative study of 32 adults over the age of 65 in Australia revealed the difficulty in …