Online communities and their contribution to local heritage knowledge

[en] The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of social media as a framework for people-centered heritage. With a focus on the interpretation and display of heritage by online communities, this paper aims at providing insights into the social production of heritage —the social co-construction of meanings of everyday landscape and the making of the collective and local identity.

Research Center/Unit :

LEMA - Local Environmental Management and Analysis

Disciplines :

Architecture

Author, co-author :

Ginzarly, Manal

Teller, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Urbanisme et aménagement du territoire

Language :

English

Title :

Online communities and their contribution to local heritage knowledge

Publication date :

2020

Journal title :

Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development

ISSN :

2044-1266

eISSN :

2044-1274

Publisher :

Emerald Group Publishing, United Kingdom

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Name of the research project :

Bourse Non FRIA ULiège

Funders :

ULiège - Université de Liège

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