On How Technology-Powered Storytelling Can Contribute to Cultural Heritage Sustainability across Multiple Venues—Evidence from the CrossCult H2020 Project

Kalliopi Kontiza, Angeliki Antoniou, Abdullah Daif, Susana Reboreda-Morillo, Maddalena Bassani, Silvia González-Soutelo, Ioanna Lykourentzou, Catherine Emma Jones, Joseph Padfield and Martín López-Nores
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Kalliopi Kontiza: Former CrossCult Fellow, Research Department, The National Gallery, London WC2N 5DN, UK
Angeliki Antoniou: Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of the Peloponnese, 22100 Tripoli, Greece
Abdullah Daif: AtlantTIC Research Center, Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Susana Reboreda-Morillo: Group of Studies in Archaeology, Antiquity and Territory, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
Maddalena Bassani: Dipartamento dei Beni Culturali, Università Degli Studi di Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy
Silvia González-Soutelo: Group of Studies in Archaeology, Antiquity and Territory, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
Ioanna Lykourentzou: Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Catherine Emma Jones: Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, University of Luxembourg, L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Joseph Padfield: Research Department, The National Gallery, London WC2N 5DN, UK
Martín López-Nores: AtlantTIC Research Center, Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-26

Abstract: Sustainability in Cultural Heritage (CH) is a complex question that needs to be addressed by a group of experts tackling the different issues. In this light, the present work wishes to provide a multi-level analysis of the sustainability in CH, using as an example a recent European H2020 project (CrossCult) and the lessons learnt from its design, implementation and evaluation. The sustainability of CH has qualitatively changed over the last few years, under the developments in digital technology that seems to affect the very nature of the cultural experience. We discuss sustainability in venues using digital technologies, covering a span of needs of small/unknown and large/popular venues, which try to enhance the visitor experience, attract visitors, form venue networks, etc. Moreover, we explore issues of sustainability of digital content and its re usability through holistic design. Aspects of technology, human networks and data sustainability are also presented, and we conclude with the arguments concerning the sustainability of visitor reflection, the interpretation of social and historical phenomena and the creation of meaning.

Keywords: cultural heritage; sustainability; storytelling; digital humanities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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