Assessing the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as an engagement tool for the Jordanian cultural heritage community

IF 0.5 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Levant Pub Date : 2022-05-04 DOI:10.1080/00758914.2022.2070233

Shatha Mubaideen, Pascal Flohr, J. Smithies, F. Bala'awi, Carol Palmer, Sahar Idwan, Alessandra Esposito

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Abstract

MaDiH (Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan) was a two-year UK-Jordanian project that aimed to identify essential systems, datasets and standards to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of Jordan’s digital cultural heritage. The project launched an online catalogue and prototype repository using the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) platform to present the collected data that was produced by the local and international research community on Jordan’s cultural heritage. This paper assesses the usability of the MaDiH CKAN catalogue using qualitative and quantitative methods. A thorough analysis of the project’s user engagement activities and online presence was undertaken to identify current and potential future uses of the CKAN catalogue by its research community. The preliminary analysis indicated that the largest user group were mid-senior to senior academics/professionals from the cultural heritage sector. Therefore, representatives of this group were selected for further usability analysis through semi-structured online interviews, in order to validate the research outcomes and get deeper insights into the research domain. The findings offer significant insights for similar digital cultural heritage initiatives in Jordan, as well as recommendations for the future development of the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as a National Heritage Portal repository.

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评估MaDiH CKAN目录作为约旦文化遗产界的参与工具

MaDiH(约旦数字文化遗产测绘)是一个为期两年的英国-约旦项目，旨在确定必要的系统、数据集和标准，以促进约旦数字文化遗产的长期可持续发展。该项目利用综合知识档案网络(Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network, CKAN)平台推出了一个在线目录和原型库，展示由当地和国际研究界收集的关于约旦文化遗产的数据。本文采用定性和定量方法对MaDiH CKAN目录的可用性进行了评估。对该项目的用户参与活动和在线存在进行了彻底的分析，以确定其研究社区对CKAN目录的当前和潜在未来使用。初步分析显示，最大的使用者群体是文化遗产界的中高级至高级学者/专业人士。因此，通过半结构化的在线访谈，选择这一群体的代表进行进一步的可用性分析，以验证研究成果并深入了解研究领域。这些发现为约旦类似的数字文化遗产计划提供了重要的见解，并为未来将MaDiH CKAN目录作为国家遗产门户存储库的发展提供了建议。

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Levant ARCHAEOLOGY-

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2.00

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25.00%

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期刊介绍： Levant is the international peer-reviewed journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), a British Academy-sponsored institute with research centres in Amman and Jerusalem, but which also supports research in Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus. Contributions from a wide variety of areas, including anthropology, archaeology, geography, history, language and literature, political studies, religion, sociology and tourism, are encouraged. While contributions to Levant should be in English, the journal actively seeks to publish papers from researchers of any nationality who are working in its areas of interest.