Category: Multimedia Futures

Multimedia archiving in the digital age: How technology is complicating, challenging, and revolutionizing how we preserve and share cultural heritage artifacts

The rapid development of technology in the past twenty-five years has dramatically altered how information is relayed and experienced. Ideas can be transmitted globally through the Internet and through social media platforms, and information can be built upon from opposite sides of the world in real time through collaborative software. Virtual reality, interactive sites, and […]

Archiving multimedia cultural heritage: How might spontaneous and ephemeral performances be communicated and stored for the future?

Many people who have attended or viewed multiple live performances of a single concert, musical, or play might point out that no two performances are alike. Whether variations are intentional or unintentional, those differences can often contribute new and valuable interpretations of the content, or even introduce novel material entirely. However, those same differences can […]