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WORLD ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNION

CONGRESS 2024​

Paper

Digital preservation efforts of Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Knowledge: A Systematic Review of Literature

presenters

    Akhil Unnikrishnan

    Nationality: India

    Residence: India

    Anthropological Survey of India

    Presence:Face to Face/ On Site

Keywords:

Digitization, Knowledge, Tourists, Authenticity, Website, Heritage, Tourism

Abstract:

Digitization of heritage and cultures has a wide range of scope in the present global scenario. It helps the scholars, researchers and even tourists for knowledge production and guide on a particular culture of a community, society, or nation. Digitalization and documentation of communities has its benefits and disadvantages. Although there is vast information on tribal communities in India, but culturally specific information is less. Some websites where such information is disseminated do not taken care the rights of the communities. Thus, documentation and digitization are necessary but keeping in mind the cultural rights of the communities and following the ethics and principles by combining scholarly expertise with ethical engagement, community collaboration, and technological innovation. There could be misinterpretations especially through social media platforms which is being controlled by private firms which has its own purpose. Some of the sites and repositories in the world are handled by the communities themselves but they still face a few issues. Thus, equal contribution in documentation and digitisation should be there. Policy formulations and support from the government are helpful but challenges such as lack of trust, expertise and low state of technology are experienced. Perceived notion or bias is experienced while documenting and reflexivity should be given importance. Further digitization is needed as it lasts long. This is a review of 34 papers related to the digitization of cultural heritage has been selected based on listing out key words and combinations and also using SPIDER method of systematic reviewing. The research gap and future possibilities of research has been highlighted.