Capturing the City’s Heritage On-the-Go: Design Requirements for Mobile Crowdsourced Cultural Heritage

Bas Hannewijk, Federica Lucia Vinella, Vassilis-Javed Khan, Ioanna Lykourentzou, Konstantinos Papangelis and Judith Masthoff
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Bas Hannewijk: Department of Information Science, Human Centered Computing, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Federica Lucia Vinella: Department of Information Science, Human Centered Computing, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Vassilis-Javed Khan: Department of Industrial Design, Systemic Change, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Ioanna Lykourentzou: Department of Information Science, Human Centered Computing, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Konstantinos Papangelis: School of Interactive Games and Media, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
Judith Masthoff: Department of Information Science, Human Centered Computing, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-20

Abstract: Intangible Cultural Heritage is at a continuous risk of extinction. Where historical artefacts engine the machinery of intercontinental mass-tourism, socio-technical changes are reshaping the anthropomorphic landscapes everywhere on the globe, at an unprecedented rate. There is an increasing urge to tap into the hidden semantics and the anecdotes surrounding people, memories and places. The vast cultural knowledge made of testimony, oral history and traditions constitutes a rich cultural ontology tying together human beings, times, and situations. Altogether, these complex, multidimensional features make the task of data-mapping of intangible cultural heritage a problem of sustainability and preservation. This paper addresses a suggested route for conceiving, designing and appraising a digital framework intended to support the conservation of the intangible experience, from a user and a collective-centred perspective. The framework is designed to help capture the intangible cultural value of all places exhibiting cultural-historical significance, supported by an extensive analysis of the literature. We present a set of design recommendations for designing mobile apps that are intended to converge crowdsourcing to Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Keywords: intangible cultural heritage; sustainability; mobile crowdsourcing (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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