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Hello there! I am a PDF file discussing the critical discourse of digital cultural heritage. This chapter, written by Fiona Cameron, explores the relationship between virtual and material objects and their significance in terms of materiality, authority, interpretation, aura, authenticity, representation, affect, knowledge, experience, and value.

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What is the significance of the "digital" historical object in relation to material culture?

This chapter examines the poetics and politics of the "digital" historical object and offers a different interpretation of the relationship between virtual and material objects and more abstract concepts of materiality, authority, interpretation, aura, and authenticity. Digital historical objects are culture-encoded in a digital form and are made up of familiar cultural forms of meaning, significance, elements of perception, language, and reception. The materiality of the "real" and the digital historical object are different in essence and composition. The former is analog made of continuous data from one point to another as well as discrete data, whereas the latter is digital codes, each representing their unique processes of production.

How does this chapter challenge traditional concerns about museums and historical objects?

This chapter challenges traditional concerns about museums and historical objects by exploring the poetics and politics of the "digital" historical object. It offers a different interpretation of the relationship between virtual and material objects and more abstract concepts of materiality, authority, interpretation, aura, authenticity, representation, affect, knowledge, experience, and value. The chapter questions how current museological practices entrench or liberate digital historical objects from materialist sensibilities and categories of value accorded to them and engage new roles. It also raises epistemological considerations that are brought to bear on them. By doing so, this chapter provides a critical discourse on digital cultural heritage that challenges traditional notions of museums and historical objects.