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Digital culture in policy documents: the national(istic)
perception of cultural diversity - the case
of Slovenia
Introduction
Vesna Èopiè
Digital culture in policy documents
Digital culture holds many different contents, has many different dimensions and
enjoys a wide repertoire of envisaged measures from various policies and political
layers. It represents a change of paradigm since the information society is changing
our cultural experience. New technologies are bringing new conditions under which
cultural goods are preserved, produced, distributed and consumed. A high
development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) usage in culture
promotes new ways of creation, storage, dissemination, public exhibition,
preservation and re-use of cultural content. Digital technology has conquered cultural
production, post-processing and archiving. The integration of ICT in cultural
processes does not mean only their technical support, it changes processes
themselves. On the production side new technologies are changing established forms
of art and creating new ones. Some fields like audio production have totally become
part of the IT world while video is about to follow the same path. The development of
infrastructure services and content is leading to the convergence of mobile
communication, Internet services, and broadcasting, facilitating universal
telecommunication services across the mass media (Internet, television, mobile
phones). Building a quality website opens up an arts organization to a much larger
audience. Cultural heritage, presently stored in museums, libraries and archives, that
preserves the intellectual memory of society and humankind, has not only found the
solution for its preservation in the digital environment but also a second life in
relation to its users. Digitization, digital content, digital services and public
accessibility to culture and the cultural heritage are crucial for the development of
creative industries and tourism. They also provide a foundation for the direct
application of digital cultural content in educational, training and lifelong learning
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