Leveraging MIS Technologies for Preserving India's Cultural Heritage on Digitization, Accessibility, and Sustainability

Leveraging MIS Technologies for Preserving India's Cultural Heritage on Digitization, Accessibility, and Sustainability

A. Sabarirajan, Latha Thamma Reddi, Sandeep Rangineni, R. Regin, S. Suman Rajest, P. Paramasivan
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0049-7.ch009
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Abstract

Written documents, inscriptions, and artefacts have been left behind by India's long and eventful past, providing a wealth of essential information about the country's cultural legacy. India's history spans many millennia, making it one of the world's oldest civilizations. However, given the fragile nature of these old materials and their widespread distribution across the world, preserving and gaining access to them can be a difficult and time-consuming endeavour. This study investigates the application of management information system (MIS) technologies with the goal of enhancing digital archiving and preservation techniques for India's immense cultural heritage in order to overcome the challenges described above. The research endeavours to provide solutions to problems that arise in relation to the maintenance and accessibility of historical documents and artefacts by centering its attention on digitalization, data management, and cloud storage.
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Cultural heritage, encompassing both tangible and intangible expressions, has gained prominence since the mid-20th century, spurred by organizations like UNESCO, which articulated its definition during the 1972 Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. This definition, acknowledging the evolving nature of cultural heritage, reflects changes in conservation paradigms influenced by global developments (Vecco, 2010 & UNESCO). Heritage knowledge, the legacy inherited from the past, is transmitted through oral tradition and written mediums such as songs, poems, and philosophical ideas (Graham, 2002 & Akhlak et al., 2020). To safeguard these resources and make them accessible to a broader audience, digitization emerges as a pivotal method (María et al., 2023).

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