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This paper discusses seminal contributions by and current open challenges for CSCW in the study of cultural heritage practices. It provides an overview of key issues relating to social and cooperative interactions—particularly around the design and use of technology—at heritage sites that have emerged in CSCW, and pertaining the conduct of visitors, the design and evaluation of interactive installations for guidance and access, and the creation of novel artistic performances. The paper then presents a set of open challenges for future CSCW work, particularly regarding the very re-definition of heritage in light of the social and collaborative practices that have arisen in recent years within the museum and heritage professionals community, and the emergence of new roles and practices for organisations, staff, visitors and related stakeholders. The paper aims at consolidating the range of contributions that CSCW has made to cultural heritage and at outlining key issues and challenges for future research in this domain.
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For example, the Walters Art Museum (USA) has held exhibitions of part of its collection and of reproductions outside of the museum and around the city of Baltimore.
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This work is supported by the EU FP7 project “meSch” (grant agreement 600851)—http://mesch-project.eu. Thanks to Daniela Petrelli for her comments on earlier versions of this paper.
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Ciolfi, L. (2013). The Collaborative Work of Heritage: Open Challenges for CSCW. In: Bertelsen, O., Ciolfi, L., Grasso, M., Papadopoulos, G. (eds) ECSCW 2013: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 21-25 September 2013, Paphos, Cyprus. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5346-7_5
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