@article{10827,
  keywords = {Digital heritage, Curation, local, people, Virtual Exhibition},
  author = {Harriet Purkis},
  title = {Making digital heritage about people s life stories},
  abstract = {Actively creating new digital heritage content about people’s life histories is part of the democratisation of heritage engagement with the public. The approach of documenting unofficial histories is supported by a growing literature. Unofficial stories contribute new perspectives on the heritage identity of a region. The case study of the ‘Local People’ exhibition, curated by the author in 2013 in the North West of Ireland, is used to discuss the methodology of a digital curatorial process, www.localpeopleireland.com. This article argues that gathering and presenting unofficial histories of individuals  life experiences, can disrupt official narratives of The Troubles and challenge a regional identity based on conflict and division. The making of digital history is analysed as a curatorial process, rather than the ease of use of technology. The methods used included: filmed interviews, new portrait photography and the digitisation of family photograph albums. A virtual exhibition was produced and new digital historical sources were created that transform intangible heritage by crystallising people’s voices and images into ‘tangible’ digital objects. ‘Local People’ utilised Facebook https://www.facebook.com/localpeopleproject/?fref=ts and Vimeo https://vimeo.com/album/2518991. It is argued that the digital space provides a ‘virtual contact zone’ in which diverse, unofficial and personal narratives can be presented together.},
  volume = {23},
  number = {5},
  pages = {434-444},
  issn = {13527258 (ISSN)},
  url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84971376344&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2016.1190392&partnerID=40&md5=f5d92edd6279dc63a7c2a65af2b773a4},
  doi = {10.1080/13527258.2016.1190392},
  note = {Publisher: Routledge},
}