Digital Documentation and Representation of Cultural Heritage
This summer 2008 Learn, plan and create the public interpretation of the san francisco bay area past
A UC Berkeley Summer Sessions residential course held in the Presidio of San Francisco
Reading
The reading for this course comprises readings on cultural heritage, some specifically San Francisco and its Presidio, and others including examples of cultural heritage management plans from around the world. There will also be readings about digital documentation technologies and the sustainability and preservation of digital data and media. Reading will be from a mix of online articles, photocopied articles and extracts that have been digitized for this course. These will be provided at the beginning of the class in the “Resources” area of the B-Space website. A number of reference books and articles will also be available for reading (but not borrowing) in the Media Lab at the Presidio. The reading list is published at:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc6dtrkc_1gh8r7scn
Required Reading:
Voss, B. 2008 The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis, Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. (available at Amazon.com). For a guide to priorities in reading this book, look at the published Reading List
Some general readings include:
Bolter, J. and R. Grusin 1999Remediation: Understanding New Media. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Forist, B. 2003Visitor Use and Evaluation of Interpretive Media. National Park Service.
Fowler, P. 2004Landscapes for the World: Conserving a Global Heritage. WINDgather Press, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK.
Machlis, G., J. et al. 2000A Look Ahead: Key Scoial and Environmental Forecasts Relevant to the National Park Service. National Park Service.
