01948nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003200043653001600075653001600091653001600107653002100123653001800144653001700162653002100179100002400200245008100224300001200305490000700317520137400324022002001698                                       d10aDigital intangible heritage10aCommunities10ai-Treasures10ainventories10anew technologies10aparticipation10aSafeguarding10avirtual learning1 aMarilena Alivizatou00aDigital Intangible Heritage: Inventories, Virtual Learning and Participation  a116-1350 v123 aThe paper draws on debates about digital heritage and further examines the implications in terms of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Taking i-Treasures, an EU-funded FP7 collaborative research project, as a case in point, it investigates ways in which new information and communication technologies have been used to serve heritage documentation and learning. The main argument unfolds along the themes of inventories, virtual learning and community participation. First, the paper looks at the concept of inventorying by examining digital repositories of cultural expressions and how they ascribe meaning and value to intangible heritage. It then explores how documentation recordings and data are used in virtual learning environments and create online engagements with heritage expressions. The third part examines how digital technologies inform relations between communities and intangible heritage. What are the implications in terms of access and participation to the heritage experience and how does this affect the uses and meanings of intangible heritage by (local and virtual) practicing communities and heritage professionals? By focusing on the i-Treasures web platform, the paper aims to raise questions about how intangible heritage is defined and performed digitally and how this relates to issues of participation in the safeguarding process.  a2159032X (ISSN)