Preservation Technology: Opening the Field to New Possibilities

Abstract

Abstract:In their introduction to the issue, Priya Chhaya and Reina Murray outline two distinct roles that technology plays in historic preservation: (1) documenting historic places and managing the resulting data and (2) telling the stories of old and historic places. Reflecting on a year of exploring tech in preservation, they also contemplate fundamental questions about its impact—most essentially, how can technology best help us do our work?