Digital Preservation of Old Cultural Elements in AR and VR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naai-Jung Shih ◽  
Hui-Xu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Cultural Elements

scholarly journals Digital Preservation and Reconstruction of Old Cultural Elements in Augmented Reality (AR)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9262
Author(s):  
Naai-Jung Shih ◽  
Hui-Xu Chen ◽  
Tzu-Yu Chen ◽  
Yi-Ting Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Remote Site ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

This research aimed to preserve traditional elements and urban fabric with enabled interaction in augmented reality (AR). Cultural elements and fabrics are mutually influential in Lukang, Taiwan. Evolved routes for tourism and religious activities have created characteristic elements and activity-based fabrics and facilities. The sustainable promotion of digital cultural assets started from photogrammetry modeling of alley space and shops. The application of AR enabled situated learning of 68 objects, including decorated façades, jar walls, the Lukang Gate, beggar seats, and other creative cultural elements. The heritages were promoted under a new interactive measure of feasibility that facilitated cultural sustainability in a remote site. A mobile interface with a convenient smartphone configured certain settings that were sufficiently flexible and easy to apply. The study presented an effective and efficient remote and situated learning process that correlated the development or setting of both locations. Correlation was achieved with a high fidelity of appearance and utilizing a flexible transformation interface. An approach, which recreated the background and formerly reconstructed objects during AR simulation, was used to verify the outcome of the situated study with conflicting qualitative and quantitative findings.

Balancing Act: Identity and Otherness among Latin American Immigrants and their Food Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Paulette Kershenovich Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Food Research ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Latin American Immigrants

This article deals with the identity construction of Latin American immigrants in Israel through their food practices. Food is a basic symbolic element connecting cultural perceptions and experiences. For immigrants, food is also an important element in the maintenance of personal ties with their home countries and a cohesive factor in the construction of a new identity in Israel, their adopted homeland. Food practices encode tacit information and non-verbal cues that are integral parts of an individual’s relationship with different social groups. In this case, I recruited participants from an online group formed within social media platforms of Latin American women living in Israel. The basic assumption of this study posits that certain communication systems are set in motion around food events in various social contexts pertaining to different national or local cuisines and culinary customs. Their meaning, significance and modifications and how they are framed. This article focuses on the adaptation and acculturation processes because it is at that point that immigrants are faced with an interesting duality of reconstructing their unique cultural perceptions to either fit the existing national collective ethos or create a new reality. In this study, the main objective is to compare two different immigrant groups: Jewish and non-Jewish women from Latin America who came to Israel during the last ten years. The comparative nature of the research revealed marked differences between ethnic, religious and cultural elements that reflect coping strategies manifested in the cultural production of food and its representation in two distinct domains: private and public. In the former, it is illustrated within the family and home and how they connect or clash with the latter in the form of consumption in public. Combining cultural studies and discourse analysis, this article offers fresh insight into new models of food practices and reproductions. The article’s contribution to new food research lies in its ability to shed light on how inter-generational and inter-religious discourses are melded while food practices and traditions are embedded in a new Israeli identity.

A Problem of Long - Term Digital Preservation: Difference in Humanities and Natural Sciences

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 183-195
Author(s):  
Elena Macevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Dynamic Activity ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Time Line ◽  
Digital Documents ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Technological Science

The article deals with the requirements and needs for long-term digital preservation in different areas of scholarly work. The concept of long-term digital preservation is introduced by comparing it to digitization and archiving concepts and defined with the emphasis on dynamic activity within a certain time line. The structure of digital preservation is presented with regard to the elements of the activity as understood in Activity Theory. The life-cycle of digitization processes forms the basis of the main processing of preserved data in preservation archival system.The author draws on the differences between humanities and social sciences on one hand and natural and technological science on the other. The empirical data characterizing the needs for digital preservation within different areas of scholarship are presented and show the difference in approaches to long-term digital preservation, as well as differences in selecting the items and implementing the projects of digital preservation. Institutions and organizations can also develop different understanding of preservation requirements for digital documents and other objects.The final part of the paper is devoted to some general problems pertaining to the longterm digital preservation with the emphasis of the responsibility for the whole process of safe-guarding the cultural and scholarly heritage for the re-use of the posterior generations. It is suggested that the longevity of the libraries in comparison with much shorter life-span of private companies strengthens the claim of memory institutions to playing the central role in the long-term digital preservation.

Integration of Digital Preservation Knowledge, Skills and Competencies in the Teaching Curricula of Library and Information Studies at the University of Botswana

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thatayaone Segaetsho ◽  
Julie Moloi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
The University

In the past few decades, digital technology has found a place in the acquisition, arrangement, description, preservation, and dissemination of information. However, heritage institutions are perturbed by the challenges of digital preservation strategies particularly for education. Despite continuous investment in digital preservation, there are limited skilled professionals to equip learners with the knowledge, skills and competencies required to drive digital preservation in Botswana. Therefore, this paper investigated the knowledge, skills and competencies related to digital preservation in the teaching curricula of the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at the University of Botswana. Data collection was done through intensive structured interviews with specific educators who teach courses on digital preservation in the archives and records management stream. The study revealed that despite the fact that the educators in preservation courses are aware of current trends in digital preservation, most of them have not obtained formal degree certification specific to digital preservation. The findings further revealed that minimal digital preservation competencies are observed in the teaching curricula. A significant number of challenges observed illustrated mainly a lack of resources and limited skills in terms of practical demonstrations by educators. The curricula mostly lacked clarity on long-term and short-term digital preservation. The study recommends that DLIS and other institutions should conduct surveys or curriculum auditing on digital preservation in order to improve the teaching content. A significant number of shortcomings regarding digital preservation that could motivate further studies are also discussed under the conclusion and recommendations section of this study.

ETIKA WAYANG DALAM NOVEL-NOVEL INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Kustri Sumiyardana
Keyword(s):  
Literary Works ◽  
Cultural Elements

Literary  has  closed  relationship  with  culture. Authors  often  include  cultural  elements  to influence  it  in  their  literary  works.  It  is  also  done  by.  Javanese  authors  who  write Indonesian novels. Some authors include the story of wayang in their novels. By analyzing with textual method, this research described wayang ethics that existed in four Indonesian novels.  Based  on  the  analysis,  it  can  be  concluded  that  the  authors  often  include  the elements  from  wayang  story  due  to  the  fact  that  wayang  is  main  identity  of  Javanese people. The wayang elements  in Indonesian novels are  the plot of  the story  that identical with wayang acts and the  figures are created  similarly with  the  figures  in  wayang  story. The  similarities  showed  there  some  figures  in  wayang  story  who  became  the  idols  in society.Abstrak  Sastra berhubungan erat dengan kebudayaan. Seringkali pengarang memasukkan unsur-unsur budaya yang mempengaruhinya ke dalam karya-karya ciptaanya. Hal itu juga terjadi pada pengarang Jawa yang  menulis novel Indonesia. Ada beberapa pengarang yang memasukkan cerita wayang ke dalam novelnya. Melalui analisis dengan metode tekstual, penelitian ini menguraikan etika wayang yang terdapat dalam empat novel Indonesia. Dari hasil  analisis dapat  diketahui bahwa para pengarang  seringkali memasukkan unsur-unsur dari dunia pewayangan karena wayang adalah identitas utama manusia Jawa. Unsur-unsur pewayangan yang terdapat dalam novel Indonesia antara lain alur cerita yang diidentikkan dengan  lakon  wayang  dan  penyamaan  tokoh dengan  figur  dari  dunia  pewayangan. Penyamaan  tersebut menunjukkan  bahwa  ada  beberapa  tokoh  dalam  dunia wayang  yang diidolakan di masyarakat.

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