Digitising the values of cultural artifacts

Have you ever explored how your visitors perceive values associated with the collections of your museum?

Have you tried to rethink your collection from a ‘values-perspective’?

Do you want to create novel value-centric activities?

VAST is a research and innovation action in the context of Horizon 2020 'Curation of digital assets and advanced digitisation actions' that aims to study the transformation of values across space and time and bring them to the forefront of advanced digitisation.

The project will trace and inter-link the values:

a) of the past through the analysis of collections of narratives, such as theatrical plays, fairy tales, and scientific documents, that come from different places and from significant moments of European history.

b) of the present through the collection and digitisation of how values are conveyed today and of how the audiences experience and perceive the communicated values.

At the core of the project lies the VAST Digital Platform. What can VAST Digital Platform offer to you?

1. A methodology for capturing you visitor’s experience
2. A toolkit of value-based educational activities
3. Tools for conducting online user surveys
4. Tools for annotating artefacts with values

The poster proposal demonstrates the offerings of the VAST platform, along with some exemplar activities that has helped us in capturing and digitising values, as perceived by audiences engaging in activities like visiting a museum, or participating in an educational activity.