Standardization and the Neglect of Museum Objects: An Infrastructure-Based Approach for Inclusive Integration of Cultural Artifacts

IF 0.6 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Quoc-Tan Tran
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The paper examines the integration of born-digital and digitized content into an outdated classification system within the Museum of European Cultures in Berlin. It underscores the predicament encountered by smaller to medium-sized cultural institutions as they navigate between adhering to established knowl­edge management systems and preserving an expanding array of contemporary cultural artifacts. The perspective of infrastructure studies is employed to scrutinize the representation of diverse viewpoints and voices within the museum’s collections. The study delves into museum personnel’s challenges in cataloging and classifying ethnographic objects utilizing a numerical-alphabetical categorization scheme from the 1930s. It presents an analysis of the limitations inherent in this method, along with its implications for the assimilation of emerging forms of born-digital and digitized objects. Through an exploration of the case of category 74, as observed at the Museum of European Cultures, the study illustrates the complexities of replacing pre-existing systems due to their intricate integration into the socio-technical components of the museum’s information infrastructure. The paper reflects on how resource-constrained cultural institutions can take a proactive and ethical approach to knowl­edge management, re-evaluating their knowl­edge infrastructure to promote inclusion and ensure adaptability.
标准化与对博物馆文物的忽视:基于基础设施的文物包容性整合途径
本文考察了柏林欧洲文化博物馆将原生数字化和数字化内容整合到过时的分类系统中的情况。它强调了中小型文化机构在坚持现有的知识管理系统和保护不断扩大的当代文物之间挣扎时所遇到的困境。从基础设施研究的角度来审视博物馆藏品中不同观点和声音的表现。这项研究深入探讨了博物馆工作人员在利用20世纪30年代的数字-字母分类方案对民族志物品进行编目和分类时所面临的挑战。它提出了这种方法固有的局限性的分析,以及它对新生形式的数字化和数字化对象的同化的影响。通过在欧洲文化博物馆观察到的第74类案例的探索,该研究说明了替换现有系统的复杂性,因为它们复杂地集成到博物馆信息基础设施的社会技术组件中。本文反思了资源受限的文化机构如何采取积极和道德的方法进行知识边缘管理,重新评估其知识边缘基础设施,以促进包容性和确保适应性。
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