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“Save It For Later: Considering New Approaches To Preservation Of Digital Cultural Heritage”, Dennis Moser
“Save It For Later: Considering New Approaches To Preservation Of Digital Cultural Heritage”, Dennis Moser
Dennis Moser
As our definitions of "culture" and "cultural heritage" are changing by our increased use of digital technologies, so to is the scope of collecting in Special Collections. Incumbent with this change are the methods whereby we actually identify, acquire and preserve the manifestations of our new digital culture. The growth in the use of virtual environments presents a new set of issues for documentation and preservation. This presentation examines several examples of how we might proceed in this new area, based on the examination of performance practice documentation (and the lack thereof!) in one of the more popular virtual environments …
"The Song Remains ... The Same? Three Case Studies Of Issues Of Digital Preservation In Second Life Performance Practices", Dennis Moser
"The Song Remains ... The Same? Three Case Studies Of Issues Of Digital Preservation In Second Life Performance Practices", Dennis Moser
Dennis Moser
The documentation of performance is neither new nor restricted to the Western world. One need only look elsewhere to see the impetus of sharing and passing along the essential elements of music and dance. As we move deeper and deeper into the digital expression of culture, we must grapple with new solutions for capturing and conveying these essentials. There are countervailing attitudes towards the documentation of the manifestation of the aesthetic experience. The emergence of “performance” art and “installation” art in the late 19th and 20th centuries have given impetus to a field of critical theory somewhat at odds with …