From digital curation to networked co-curating

keynote: DRHA 2023, Performing Cultural Heritage in the Digital Present – Turin, between 1000 years of Cultural Heritage and the Digital Present

10 – 13 September, University of Turin, Italy

DRHA (the 27th Annual Conference for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts) will bring together artists, scholars, educators, curators, digital researchers, and entrepreneurs interested in the ways digital technologies intersect with the arts and humanities. The 2023 conference celebrates the interplay between notions of intangible and tangible heritage, investigating how digital strategies can be used to widen participation, facilitate inclusivity, and promote a wider range of ways of appreciating and understanding the intersections between our tangible and intangible heritage.

Cultural heritage plays a key role in shaping societies, identities, nations, and it has a strong relevance as an asset in the economies of many countries (not only in highly developed economies). It is important that individuals, communities and institutions develop a strong engagement with their cultural heritage, both in terms of social awareness and economical exploitation. That means researchers in cultural heritage must enter in a dialogue with notions such as citizenship, social cohesion, political engagement, accessibility as well as with the powers that govern and influence society such as political authorities, economic players, industries, and media providers.