Digitisation of Indigenous Cultural Objects: An Investigation into the Policy and Protocols for Digitised Indigenous Knowledge in selected Cultural Heritage Organisations in Australia and New Zealand.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kirsten Donna Francis
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
International Pressure ◽  
Theoretical Finding ◽  
Digital Collection

<p>This research project investigates the digital collections from selected heritage organisations, exploring how/if the rights of indigenous peoples are being protected by policy and protocol documents on the World Wide Web. It purposively surveys selected heritage collections across Australia and New Zealand and explores digital collection policies at local and national level, investigating the extent of international pressure, socio-cultural influences, and legislative constraints. This research project uses qualitative methodology in an interpretive way, using the hermeneutic circle and method for the collation for data and analysis. The major theoretical finding of this research project is that many cultural heritage organisations attempt to bridge the gap between Anglo-American development of legislation and indigenous intellectual property rights by the inclusion of specific policy measures becoming in effect socio-cultural agents for change</p>

Digitisation of Indigenous Cultural Objects: An Investigation into the Policy and Protocols for Digitised Indigenous Knowledge in selected Cultural Heritage Organisations in Australia and New Zealand.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kirsten Donna Francis
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
International Pressure ◽  
Theoretical Finding ◽  
Digital Collection

<p>This research project investigates the digital collections from selected heritage organisations, exploring how/if the rights of indigenous peoples are being protected by policy and protocol documents on the World Wide Web. It purposively surveys selected heritage collections across Australia and New Zealand and explores digital collection policies at local and national level, investigating the extent of international pressure, socio-cultural influences, and legislative constraints. This research project uses qualitative methodology in an interpretive way, using the hermeneutic circle and method for the collation for data and analysis. The major theoretical finding of this research project is that many cultural heritage organisations attempt to bridge the gap between Anglo-American development of legislation and indigenous intellectual property rights by the inclusion of specific policy measures becoming in effect socio-cultural agents for change</p>

Image embedded metadata in cultural heritage digital collections on the web

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emad Isa Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Metadata Record ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Image Metadata ◽  
The Web

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the availability of embedded metadata within images of digital cultural collections. It is designed to examine a proposed hypothesis that most digitally derived images of cultural resources are stripped of their metadata once they are placed on the web. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 603 images were selected randomly from four cultural portals which aggregate digitized cultural collections, then four steps in the data collection process took place to examine image metadata via the web-based tool and windows application. Findings The study revealed that 28.5 percent of the analyzed images contained metadata, no links exist between image embedded metadata and its metadata record or the pages of the websites analyzed, and there is a significant usage of Extensible Metadata Platform to encode embedded metadata within the images. Practical implications The findings of the study may encourage heritage digital collection providers to reconsider their metadata preservation practices and policies to enrich the content of embedded metadata. In addition, it will raise awareness about the potential and value of embedded metadata in enhancing the findability and exchange of digital collections. Originality/value This study is ground breaking in that it is one of the early studies, especially in the Arab world, which aim to recognize the use of image embedded metadata within cultural heritage digital collections on the web.

Personal Digital Collections

2011 ◽  
pp. 285-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Marty ◽  
Scott Sayre ◽  
Silvia Filippini Fantoni
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
System Design ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Museum Websites ◽  
The Relationship

Personal digital collections systems, which encourage visitors to museum websites to create their own personal collections out of a museum’s online collections, are the latest trend in personalization technologies for museums and other cultural heritage organizations. This chapter explores the development, implementation, and evaluation of different types of personal digital collection interfaces on museum websites, from simple bookmarking applications to sophisticated tools that support high levels of interactivity and the sharing of collections. It examines the potential impact of these interfaces on the relationship between museums and their online visitors, explores the possible benefits of involving users as co-creators of digital cultural heritage, and offers an analysis of future research directions and best practices for system design, presenting lessons learned from more than a decade of design and development of personal digital collections systems on museum websites.

scholarly journals Have  we  Dropped  a  Stitch?  Collecting  Born  Digital  Documentary  Heritage  in  New  Zealand  Cultural  Heritage  Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Julia Mary Thompson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Recommendations For Action ◽  
Selection Factors

<p>This study explored the factors affecting the nature and extent of the collection of   born digital materials for long-term retention by collecting repositories in New Zealand cultural  heritage institutions, below the national level. This included exploration of selection factors,  limiting and enabling factors affecting activities, preservation and acquisition policies for born  digital materials, preservation procedures, and perceptions of roles and responsibilities. This two  phase, mixed methods study consisted of a broad web survey followed by semi-structured  interviews. The collecting repositories studied hold a range of born digital materials, but in  small quantities. The collection of born digital heritage seems to be a new activity that requires  additional resourcing and skills that are lacking in many of these collecting repositories. Levels  of policy development are low and there is generally a lack of procedures for preserving born  digital materials. However respondents generally perceived that collecting and preserving born  digital materials was part of their role. The study concludes that the  traditionally passive approach to acquisition of many of the collecting archives   studied, combined with a lack of resourcing and expertise, pose a threat to the long term  accessibility of local and regional born digital heritage. Some recommendations for action are  provided.</p>

scholarly journals Using an Experimental Online Digital Collection with Interactive Features to Investigate Attitudes Towards Archives 2.0

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
George Reid Perkins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Economic Climate ◽  
Professional Interest ◽  
Digital Collection

<p>Research Problem: The concept of Archives 2.0 is currently generating much interest within academic and professional discourse in the cultural heritage sector. As yet, however, little research has been done in New Zealand on what potential users and implementers of Archives 2.0 perceive as being the advantages or disadvantages with this idea. Methodology: This study used a two stage approach. In the first stage an experimental prototype of an Archives 2.0 website was constructed using local cultural heritage resources. This was intended to served as a reference point for discussions about the practical possibility and value of sites of this kind. In the second stage nine qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with practitioners and others having a professional interest in cultural heritage collections. They were asked about their perceptions of the practices associated with Archives 2.0 and the current situation in New Zealand Results: This study found considerable interest in the possibilities represented by Archives 2.0. However, there was also concern about the extra burden on staff resources it was seen to entail. Given this it was generally felt that major projects of this kind would not be feasible within the current economic climate. Implications: This study suggests that the Archives 2.0 concept does have potential for development within the New Zealand cultural heritage sector. However ways will have to be found around concerns over resource constraints before further progress is made.</p>

scholarly journals Have  we  Dropped  a  Stitch?  Collecting  Born  Digital  Documentary  Heritage  in  New  Zealand  Cultural  Heritage  Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Julia Mary Thompson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Recommendations For Action ◽  
Selection Factors

<p>This study explored the factors affecting the nature and extent of the collection of   born digital materials for long-term retention by collecting repositories in New Zealand cultural  heritage institutions, below the national level. This included exploration of selection factors,  limiting and enabling factors affecting activities, preservation and acquisition policies for born  digital materials, preservation procedures, and perceptions of roles and responsibilities. This two  phase, mixed methods study consisted of a broad web survey followed by semi-structured  interviews. The collecting repositories studied hold a range of born digital materials, but in  small quantities. The collection of born digital heritage seems to be a new activity that requires  additional resourcing and skills that are lacking in many of these collecting repositories. Levels  of policy development are low and there is generally a lack of procedures for preserving born  digital materials. However respondents generally perceived that collecting and preserving born  digital materials was part of their role. The study concludes that the  traditionally passive approach to acquisition of many of the collecting archives   studied, combined with a lack of resourcing and expertise, pose a threat to the long term  accessibility of local and regional born digital heritage. Some recommendations for action are  provided.</p>

scholarly journals Using an Experimental Online Digital Collection with Interactive Features to Investigate Attitudes Towards Archives 2.0

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
George Reid Perkins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Economic Climate ◽  
Professional Interest ◽  
Digital Collection

<p>Research Problem: The concept of Archives 2.0 is currently generating much interest within academic and professional discourse in the cultural heritage sector. As yet, however, little research has been done in New Zealand on what potential users and implementers of Archives 2.0 perceive as being the advantages or disadvantages with this idea. Methodology: This study used a two stage approach. In the first stage an experimental prototype of an Archives 2.0 website was constructed using local cultural heritage resources. This was intended to served as a reference point for discussions about the practical possibility and value of sites of this kind. In the second stage nine qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with practitioners and others having a professional interest in cultural heritage collections. They were asked about their perceptions of the practices associated with Archives 2.0 and the current situation in New Zealand Results: This study found considerable interest in the possibilities represented by Archives 2.0. However, there was also concern about the extra burden on staff resources it was seen to entail. Given this it was generally felt that major projects of this kind would not be feasible within the current economic climate. Implications: This study suggests that the Archives 2.0 concept does have potential for development within the New Zealand cultural heritage sector. However ways will have to be found around concerns over resource constraints before further progress is made.</p>

Applicability of management guidelines for surfing resources in California

Shore & Beach ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
Edward Atkin ◽  
Dan Reineman ◽  
Jesse Reiblich ◽  
David Revell
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
National Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
Legal Frameworks

Surf breaks are finite, valuable, and vulnerable natural resources, that not only influence community and cultural identities, but are a source of revenue and provide a range of health benefits. Despite these values, surf breaks largely lack recognition as coastal resources and therefore the associated management measures required to maintain them. Some countries, especially those endowed with high-quality surf breaks and where the sport of surfing is accepted as mainstream, have recognized the value of surfing resources and have specific policies for their conservation. In Aotearoa New Zealand surf breaks are included within national environmental policy. Aotearoa New Zealand has recently produced Management Guidelines for Surfing Resources (MGSR), which were developed in conjunction with universities, regional authorities, not-for-profit entities, and government agencies. The MGSR provide recommendations for both consenting authorities and those wishing to undertake activities in the coastal marine area, as well as tools and techniques to aid in the management of surfing resources. While the MGSR are firmly aligned with Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultural and legal frameworks, much of their content is applicable to surf breaks worldwide. In the United States, there are several national-level and state-level statutes that are generally relevant to various aspects of surfing resources, but there is no law or policy that directly addresses them. This paper describes the MGSR, considers California’s existing governance frameworks, and examines the potential benefits of adapting and expanding the MGSR in this state.

scholarly journals Replicating Elite Dominance in Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding: The Role of Local Government–Scholar Networks in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Maags ◽  
Heike Holbig
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
National Level ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Heritage Discourse

Abstract:Since “intangible cultural heritage” (ICH) became the new focal point in the global heritage discourse, governments and scholars in many countries have begun to promote this new form of “immaterial” culture. The People’s Republic of China has been one of the most active state parties implementing the new scheme and adapting it to domestic discourses and practices. Policies formulated at the national level have become increasingly malleable to the interests of local government-scholar networks. By conducting a comparative case study of two provinces, this article aims to identify the role of local elite networks in the domestic implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, focusing on the incentives of scholars and officials to participate in ICH policy networks. It finds that the implementation of the Convention has not removed the power asymmetry between elite and popular actors but, instead, has fostered an elite-driven policy approach shaped by symbiotic, mutually legitimizing government–scholar networks.

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