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1 online resource (337 pages) |
| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: Preserving cultural heritage through digital media; Part 1: NEW HERITAGE OVERVIEW; 1 CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE AGE OF NEW MEDIA; 2 THE VANISHING VIRTUAL: Safeguarding heritage's endangered digital record; 3 VIRTUAL HERITAGE: Mediating space, time and perspectives; 4 THROUGH FORM AND CONTENT: New media components and cultural heritage sites management, in the Jewish traditional society; 5 HISTORY IS 3D: Presenting a framework for meaningful historical representations in digital media |
| Summary |
The use of new media in the service of cultural heritage is a fast growing field, known variously as virtual or digital heritage. New Heritage, under this denomination, broadens the definition of the field to address the complexity of cultural heritage such as the related social, political and economic issues. This book is a collection of 20 key essays, of authors from 11 countries, representing a wide range of professions including architecture, philosophy, history, cultural heritage management, new media, museology and computer science, which examine the application of new media to cultural |
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Print version record |
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Cultural property -- Digitization
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Digital media.
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Virtual reality.
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Technological innovations.
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Interpretation of cultural and natural resources.
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Cultural property -- Digitization -- Case studies
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Digital media -- Case studies
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Virtual reality -- Case studies
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Technological innovations -- Case studies
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Interpretation of cultural and natural resources -- Case studies
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virtual reality.
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Digital media
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Interpretation of cultural and natural resources
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Technological innovations
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Virtual reality
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Case studies
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kvan, Thomas
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Affleck, Jane
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| ISBN |
9780203937884 |
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0203937880 |
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1281062952 |
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9781281062956 |
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