博物馆管理学研究： 训练、教育、研究和实践.doc

Digital heritage and the rise of theory in museum computing This article is not included in your organizations subscription. However, you may be able to access this article under your organizations agreement with Elsevier. Ross Parry, a, ??[Author vitae] a Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, 103-5 Princess Road East Leicester, LE1 7LG, UK Received 3 March 2005;? revised 14 June 2005;? accepted 19 June 2005.? Available online 29 September 2005. Abstract This paper is concerned with the emergence of a subject now called digital heritage, and considers where it has come from and in what form it might progress. The paper contrasts the rise of theory within the subject of museum studies with the more practical preoccupations of its sub-discipline, museum computing. It highlights the emergence of more sociological and theorised readings of museum computing (what is termed here the cultural turn within the subjects approach), alongside the co-ordinated expansion of research activity in this area, particularly through inter-governmental sponsorship. The early showings of a critical framework for this new active discipline are then explored, and a series of trajectories for enquiry and approach are suggested and stressed, including an engagement with ‘change’, an acknowledgement of the agency of new media, a recognition of the value of historical methodologies, and the aspiration for a more nuanced discourse. Keywords: Museum studies; Museum computing; Digital heritage; New media; Theory; Informatics; Discipline Article Outline 1. Introduction 2. What is theory, and why should we use it? 3. The rise of theory in museum studies 4. The dearth of theory in museum computing 5. The rise of theory in museum computing 6. The rise of theory as a ‘cultural turn’ in museum computing 7. The expansion and co-ordination of research activity in museum computing 8. Towards a critical framework for digital heritage 8.1. Engaging with the concept of change 8.