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The capture and sharing of intangible values via digital media Rebecca Hawcroft, Canberra University Peopleplacestories.com.au In The Hands of The People
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The capture and sharing of intangible values via digital media
Rebecca Hawcroft, Canberra UniversityPeopleplacestories.com.au
In The Hands of The People
Digital is Everywhere….
• 2.4 billion internet users worldwide• 4.5 billion mobile users worldwide-
about ¼ with internet connected ‘Smartphones’ (and rising)
• 70% to 90% of adults use social media• 100,000 text edits a day on Trove• 1.7 billion Wikipedia edits to date• Fitbits and growth of wearable data
gathering devices
Location is important
• Location sorts data and makes connections
• Smartphones with GPS let you – tell your networks where you are – access location specific information
• Google maps— open and accessible • Interactions with places are recorded
in many and varied ways
Digital is a community space• Our relationships are increasingly
conducted through digital networks.• It is where we – create our identities, – share our values and –make connections.
How can we use it?
• The sentiments are not new- the means of recording and sharing are
• Most digital interactions are available as collaborative and open access data
• Provide tangible evidence• What is out there and what is it
telling us?
Where People Run—http://flowingdata.com/2014/02/05/where-people-run/
#captureParklandia
Portland Art Museum http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/special/tuileriesgarden/captureparklandia
Geochirp- http://www.geochirp.com/main.php
Stweet- http://www.we-love-the.net/Stweet/
TweetAround- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vbh7nHalCc
• geonotes
Wikimapia.org
History Pin Project- ‘This used to be fields’- History of the Beconsfield Estate, East London
https://www.historypin.org/project
Findery—https://findery.com/MixTape/notemaps/about-place
Black Saturday—http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/blacksaturday
Wrap up…
• Digital is recording intangible heritage in all sorts of ways
• Changing expectations of use and access to information
• Increasingly complex overlay of digital information and physical locations
• Increasing importance of collaborative platforms
