Paradata, Metadata and Data in 3D Cultural Heritage 2024-Marcondes.pdf

Patrimonialization is a process by which a material or immaterial element becomes a constitutive part of a community’s identity that imbues said element with meaning and significance. Heritage objects have a dual nature, they are primary objects (natural or man-made) in addition to secondary objects - artifacts –, descriptions of the primary ob-ject with the aim of adding a semantic function and enriching its role as documents and testimony of natural and social facts. As documents the characteristics assigned, added, or highlighted are dependent on the natural or social relevance of the specific object, a curator's choice. A conceptual model of the patrimonialization process through which an object became a heritage object is proposed. The model emphasizes the role of the Pat-rimonialization Justification, a paradata dossier in documenting the decisions, criteria, and justifications of a curator to assign to an object the status of a heritage object and in-corporate it in a collection of a heritage institution. The model reuses classes and proper-ties of other ontologies to contextualize the patrimonialization process and the docu-ments involved, including the references that support the curator’s decision of patrimo-nialize an object and include it in a heritage collection.

1. Carlos H. Marcondes
UFF, UFMG, Brazil
[email protected]
Webinar on PARADATA, METADATA and DATA in 3D
Documentation of the Past, May 17, 2024
Heritage Objects and patrimonialization:
documentation of a curatorial process
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2. Heritage Objects and patrimonialization: documentation of a
curatorial process. C. Marcondes, [email protected]
Questions: Whatispatrimonialization? Whatdata isgeneratedbythe
patrimonializationprocess?
Objective: to propose a conceptual model for the patrimonializationprocess of a
HO
Key-words: Digital Heritage Object, Patrimonialization, Conceptual model,
Documentation, Heritage paradata
Summary
1-Introduction
2-ThePatrimonializationprocess
3-Ontological analysis of the patrimonializationprocess
4-Conceptual model of the patrimonializationprocess of a HO
5-Concluding remarks
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3. Heritage Objects and patrimonialization:
documentation of a curatorial process
1-Introduction
HeritageCollectionsare publishedovertheWeb
Digital collections have additional features and facilities
that physical collections do not have,rangeand plasticity
Collections are thematically superimposed and
complementary
Increasereuse
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4. Heritage Objects and patrimonialization:
documentation of a curatorial process
2-ThePatrimonializationprocess
Heritage objects are: “… objects separated from their original (primary) context and
transferred to a new, museum reality in order to document the reality from which they
were separated”. Van Mensh (1992, p. 106)
“attribution of value, (is) a judgment made by the cultural field that consigns it as an
element with a differentiating character. And by distinguishing it in this way, it makes it
‘special’ and in a prominent position compared to other objects of the same nature, giving
it a sense of exceptionality.” Lima (2008, p. 36),
✓Patrimonializationis the process through which an object is integrated into the
collection of a heritage institution and becomes a heritage object.
✓Patrimonializationis a research activity which reconstructs and documents a HO’s
context
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5. Heritage Objects and patrimonialization: documentation of
a curatorial process
3-Ontological analysis of the patrimonializationprocess
HO are documents(Briet1951)
Patrimonializationis a process
Patrimonializationis a decision-making process. These
decisions are neither random nor ad hoc.
Patrimonializationgenerates metadata
See UNESCO World Heritage Nominationdocumentation,
https://whc.unesco.org/en/preparing-world-heritage-nominations/
Patrimonializationis the first stage of the curatorial life-cycle of a
HO
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4-Conceptual model of the patrimonializationprocess of a HO -HOpatr
Uses entities and properties of several conceptual models and ontologies as:
Dublin Core Terms (dc),
D-Acts –The Documents Acts Ontology (da),
IAO (iao) –The Information Artefact Ontology,
CIDOC CRM (crm), CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model
Ric-CM (ric), -Records in Context Conceptual Model
EDM (edm), EuropeanaData Model
TOP (top) –Type of Heritage Object (Marcondes 2021),
BFO (bfo) –Basic Formal Ontology (Smith 2005),
ATT (att) –Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Getty Foundation
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7. Heritage Objects and patrimonialization: documentation of a
curatorial process –HO patrimonizalitionproc. Conceptual Model
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8. Heritage Objects and patrimonialization: documentation of
a curatorial process
5-Concluding remarks
Patrimonializationis a very important process through which a HO passes. It is the
entry point to a chain through which a HO is appropriated by Culture in general, by a
Heritage Institution and becomes fit to successive curatorial activities, both within the
institution which holds it, and, as it is digitally represented, by digital curators.
Patrimonializationalso assigns to an object metadata that supports curatorial activities
throughout the whole HO’s lifecycle. Although such metadata may not be directly accessed by
the general public, they are essential inputs to curatorial and collections’ management. Due to
its importance, patrimonializationshould be guided by institutional policies.
Scientific Community worldwide are evolving to adopt standards for scientific digital data (FAIR
Digital Object Framework) that are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable, as
suggested by the FAIR Principles. They show the way to the digital Heritage community. A
Heritage Object model has a role in proposing different facets through which heritage data can
be described, found, sought, explored and accessed. This increases HO’s plasticity and
potential of being largely reusable by Culture, Science, Education, and Citizenship.
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ContemporaryArtMuseum, Niterói, Rio
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