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Digital Technologies in the Museum: Same Old, Same Old?

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Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection (EuroMed 2016)

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Digital technologies are often said to be open, democratic, social and participatory. These qualities are also associated with the concept of the post-museum. This paper explores the use of the digital in museums. It is argued that museums often employ new media to perpetuate traditional narratives rather than capitalise their transformative potential in order to change.

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  1. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Inge Kalle-den Oudsten

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  1. Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Marinos Ioannides

  2. Arlington, Virginia, USA

    Eleanor Fink

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Antonia Moropoulou

  4. Institut für Museumsforschung, Berlin, Germany

    Monika Hagedorn-Saupe

  5. Promoter s.r.l., Peccioli, Italy

    Antonella Fresa

  6. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Gunnar Liestøl

  7. Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vlatka Rajcic

  8. INSA, Strasbourg, France

    Pierre Grussenmeyer

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Kalle-den Oudsten, I. (2016). Digital Technologies in the Museum: Same Old, Same Old?. In: Ioannides, M., et al. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10059. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48974-2_23

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