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A discussion of digital information relating to cultural heritage with regard to authenticity management

Publication date: 29.06.2024

Gdansk Journal of East Asian Studies, 2024, Issue 25, pp. 7 - 18

https://doi.org/10.4467/23538724GS.24.002.19862

Authors

Ren Yatsunami
Kyushu University
, Japan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8711-6174 Orcid
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A discussion of digital information relating to cultural heritage with regard to authenticity management

Abstract

The “Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage” in para. 10 highlights the need to be conscious of “the new possibilities offered by evolving technologies, in particular for very high-definition 3D digital recording and reproduction of material attributes of cultural heritage properties”. In fact, increased examples of projects for creating and managing digital information on cultural heritage attract attention. This paper intends to develop a few thoughts on digital information about cultural heritage in relation to the concept of authenticity. For this purpose, it discusses how advanced technologies concerning the digital information of cultural heritage affect heritage management works to preserve the conditions of authenticity, elaborated mainly in the instruments on world heritage conservation. Also, the paper examines possible impacts that the development of metaverse technologies may have on the tension between authenticity and integrity and other dualistic concepts.

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Information: Gdansk Journal of East Asian Studies, 2024, Issue 25, pp. 7 - 18

Article type: Original article

Titles:

English: A discussion of digital information relating to cultural heritage with regard to authenticity management
Polish:
Dyskusja nad informacją cyfrową związaną z dziedzictwem kultury w odniesieniu do zarządzania autentycznością

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8711-6174

Ren Yatsunami
Kyushu University
, Japan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8711-6174 Orcid
All publications →

Kyushu University
Japan

Published at: 29.06.2024

Article status: Open

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Article financing:

Grant for Collaborative Research in Humanities and Social Sciences,” a research grant by the Suntory Foundation (Research No.28 of 2023, principal investigator: Hiroki Yamada) and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23K17541

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Ren Yatsunami (Author) - 100%

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