Discovering the local in national cultural heritage collections. How web maps can help the UK public engage with their 'own places'
Discovering the local in national cultural heritage collections. How web maps can help the UK public engage with their 'own places'
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在国家文化遗产收藏中发现当地。
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10.1080/1369118x.2022.2113819
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2022
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Rees G
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身份对公众参与文化遗产有着至关重要的影响。本文强调了地理尺度在这种关系中的作用，研究了当地遗产的呈现如何促进与藏品的有意义的互动。数字馆藏中嵌入的地理信息（例如物品的制造地点或它们描绘和描述的位置）可以帮助不同的受众发现对他们来说重要的数字遗产记录。然而，文化遗产组织使用的交互式网络地图并没有有效地展示藏品的广度。定位国家收藏项目进行的受众研究提供了关于如何使用网络地图展示当地遗产以扩大参与度的见解。一项调查探讨了英国公众与地理和网络技术相关的价值观、动机和身份。 “原型”或界面草图促使焦点小组提供有关界面设计和集合适用性的见解。公众不仅对与他们居住地区相关的遗产感兴趣，而且对从记忆、家谱和社区中提取的一系列熟悉的地点感兴趣，这些地点被称为“自己的地方”。只有特定的馆藏才能提供适当质量和分布的地理信息，以支持在本地范围内与熟悉的地点进行互动。这种以用户为中心的方法可以帮助组织设计网络地图，帮助受众发现他们认为有意义的馆藏部分。本文提供了实现社会影响（例如通过数字馆藏进行社区建设）的第一步。
Identity is a critical influence on the public’s engagement with cultural heritage. This article emphasises the role of geographical scale in this relationship examining how the presentation of local heritage can foster meaningful engagement with collections. The geographical information embedded in digital collections – such as where objects were made or the locations they depict and describe – can help varied audiences to discover digital heritage records that are significant to them. Yet the interactive web maps used by cultural heritage organisations have not presented the breadth of collections effectively. Audience research conducted by the Locating a National Collection project offered insights into how the presentation of local heritage using web maps can broaden engagement. A survey explored the values, motivations and identities of the UK public in relation to geography and web technologies. ‘Pretotypes’ or sketches of interfaces prompted focus groups to offer insights into interface design and the suitability of collections. The public were not only interested in heritage connected to the area where they reside but also a range of familiar locations drawn from memory, genealogy and community, termed their ‘own places’. Only particular collections offer geographical information of suitable quality and distribution to support engagement with familiar locations at a local scale. This user-centred approach can help organisations to design web maps that help audiences discover the parts of collections they find meaningful. The article offers the first step in a pathway to achieving social impact such as community building through digital collections.