Digital materialities and "real things" : some thoughts on digital objects and the museum

Název: Digital materialities and "real things" : some thoughts on digital objects and the museum
Variantní název:
  • Digitální materiality a "skutečné věci" : několik úvah o digitálních objektech a muzeu
Zdrojový dokument: Museologica Brunensia. 2024, roč. 13, č. 2, s. 2-14
Rozsah
2-14
  • ISSN
    1805-4722 (print)
    2464-5362 (online)
Type: Článek
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Přístupová práva
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Abstrakt(y)
The relationship between museums and digital materialities is complex. According to museological theory, artefacts have physical dimensions and informational ones. The latter can be digitised, adding virtual properties to physical ones. This is important for museums as primarily visual institutions and "don’t-touch places” with materiality currently holding centre stage in museological discussions. Recently, there has been a tendency to replace physical objects with effects produced by information and communication technology that offers possibilities to present digital representations of objects in contexts that are inaccessible for "real things". This paper considers some theoretical aspects of digital materialities and how they relate to the physical objects and the museum. It presents eight theses to foster the discussion on digital materiality and its consequences for museums.
Vztah mezi muzei a digitálními materialitami je složitý. Podle muzeologické teorie mají artefakty fyzické a informační rozměry. Informační rozměry lze digitalizovat a přidat tak k fyzickým vlastnostem i vlastnosti virtuální. To je důležité pro muzea, která jsou především vizuálními institucemi a "bezdotykovými místy", kde materialita je v současnosti velmi častým předmětem muzeologických diskusí. V poslední době se objevuje tendence nahrazovat fyzické objekty různými efekty produkovanými informačními a komunikačními technologiemi, které nabízejí možnosti prezentace digitálního zobrazení objektů v souvislostech, které jsou pro "skutečné věci" nedostupné. Tento článek se zabývá některými teoretickými aspekty digitálních materialit a jejich vztahem k fyzickým objektům a muzeu. Předkládá osm tezí, které mají podpořit diskusi o digitální materialitě a jejích důsledcích pro muzea.
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