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Súkromné zbierky digitálnych artefaktov v procesoch dematerializácie kultúry
Private collections of digital artefacts in the processes of dematerialization of culture

Author(s): Pavol Rankov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Ústav svetovej literatúry, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Digital artefact; Digital possessions; Dematerialization; Remediation

Summary/Abstract: The digital remediation of collections is also the dematerialization of these collections. Con¬currently with large national and international projects of digitization of cultural heritage, family and personal possessions like photograph albums, videos and letters are also remedia¬ted. The meaning of these objects originated in their own context and is linked to their emo¬tional surplus value. These collections participate in the creation of the identity of the proprietor. When cultural content loses its material medium, in some circumstances it loses also its aura – it is no longer an artefact.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 3-14
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovak
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