Abstract
With the advent of the internet generation, digital platforms provide a space to encourage the collection and sharing of memories. Digitalization also extends the value of public participation and related cultural resources through geographic information systems for cultural heritage. "Participatory heritage" values the spirit of bottom-up participation and collaboration, enabling cultural heritage to generate more possibilities for interaction and interpretation and promoting the inclusion and exchange of different perspectives and interpretations.In 1871, British photographer John Thomson and Presbyterian Missionary Dr. James L. Maxwell came to Taiwan to visit the aboriginal settlements in Kaohsiung and Tainan. The travel route taken by Thomson & Maxwell was also a cultural route connecting indigenous tribes in Southern Taiwan. It plays a significant role in promoting Taiwan's cultural heritage and ethnic diversity. This study takes the digital platform for cultural heritage as the scope of discussion. It takes Thomson& Maxwell Taiwanese Multi-ethnic Culture Route as a case study to explore the planning of digital platforms from the perspective of participatory heritage to encourage the public participation of cultural interpretation.
This study shows that the cultural route can enhance the collaboration of communities along the cultural route. The stakeholders could play diverse roles in building and managing the platform for both cultural research and diffusion. At the same time, the application of GIS can preserve and integrate resources in the spatial inventory of cultural route resources, extend the value of cultural heritage, and make cultural heritage a resource to promote local culture and tourism development.
| Date of Award | 2022 |
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| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Supervisor | Hsiu-Tzu Chang (Supervisor) |