Digital effects-based transformations in heritage practices and knowledge work
ENThe rapid spread of IT has brought major changes in the development of society. Investigations in the business sector enable us to discuss new conceptualizations of heritage as well as changes in how heritage functions in society and heritage practices and knowledge work in the overall context of digital culture. In this context, heritage is contemporized: it functions not so much as knowledge of the past, but more like an element of present culture. Thus the line is being erased between heritage (which belongs to the past and represents past culture) and contemporary culture. This article discusses elements of digital culture that are important for heritage practices and knowledge work: textuality and visuality, openness and closedness, textual and object-oriented approaches, concentration and decentralization, expertness and crowdsourcing, static nature and interactivity, one-directional communication and participation, gamification, and so forth.
