1st Edition
Digital Museums in the Global South A Framework for Sustainable and Culturally Appropriate Digital Transformation
This book focuses on digital museums in the context of Vietnam and contributes to global discussions on the development of digital museum offerings needed to meet audience demands, requirements for sustainable digitization methods for cultural heritage, demands for the development of intellectual property protection for the digital environment, and ways that national governments can support digital museums.
Duester provides insight into museums in part of the Global South, where infrastructure funding, technical, and human resource constraints impact the take up and display of digital content. With on-the-ground research from three Vietnamese museums, Duester argues for a museum framework that is sustainable, ethical, and culturally-appropriate. The Vietnamese government’s strategy for digitalization of culture, heritage, and museums is assessed, and the book includes a list of recommendations on sustainable digitization methods, intellectual property protection measures for the digital environment, management, phygital business models, and new digital revenue streams.
The volume will benefit scholars involved in the cultural and creative industries, as well as museum professionals and cultural policymakers who will value the book’s assessment of international standards, treaties, and conventions on copyright law and how they apply to museums, as well as the recommendations listed above.
Preface
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introducing Museums in Digital Transition
Museums in Digital Transition
Futureproofing the Museum Sector
Digital Transformation in the Global South
Conceptualising the ‘Digital Museum’
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Sustainable and culturally-appropriate creation of digital museums
Introduction
The Co-designed Digitization Project
The Museums and Artefacts
Step-by-Step Digitization, Digital Display, and Online Publication Process
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2: Understanding audiences’ needs for digital experiences
Introduction
Audience-centered developments in Museum Digital Offerings
Audience’s Reflections on their Most Memorable Digital Experiences at Vietnamese Museums
Audiences’ Reflections on Museums’ Uses of digital technologies and Suggestions for Improvements
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3: Government Support for Digital Transformation at Museums
Introduction
Culture Policy and Arts Management Globally
Vietnam Government Support for culture policy, museum management, and digital transformation
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4: Understanding the global legal landscape for Intellectual Property Protection in the Digital Environment
Introduction
Implications of Vietnam Joining the global digital transformation and ways of mitigating divides
Global Legal Landscape on Rights, Protection, and Exceptions for Museums in the Digital Environment
Digital Protection Measures for Museums to Implement
Chapter Summary
Conclusions and Recommendations for Transforming and Maintaining Digital Museums
Futureproofing Future Digital Museums Must Reflect Local Needs, Culture, and Context
Updates on Existing Scholarship
Specific Needs for Digital Transformation at Museums in Vietnam
Recommendations for Creating, Protecting, and Maintaining Digital Museums in Vietnam
Index
Biography
Emma Duester is an Associate professor at the USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. She has published widely on the culture sector, mobilities, transnational communication, and digitization of culture in Europe, Vietnam, and China. This book is the result of a funded research project at RMIT University Vietnam, carried out between 2020 and 2023.
