In the course Creating Digital Collections, I created two 3D models of St. Barbara artifacts for the Nederlands Mijnmuseum. Here, I reflect on the process.
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On the Digitalization of Heritage Artifacts and Related Issues of Authenticity and the Aura
The 3D digitization of cultural heritage objects has increasingly become part of the practice of heritage institutions to record artifacts and make the collections available to a broad online audience. However, it is open for discussion on how traditional qualities such as authenticity and aura of physical artifacts are challenged by the new digital reproduction methods.
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