Critical Digital Art History : Interface and Data Politics in the Post-Digital Era by Anna Naslund

Digital Art History has often aligned itself with the?practical concerns of digital technology and the?responsibilities of art institutions and associated?institutional roles such as collection managers,?information specialists, curators, and conservators.?This emphasis on practicalities and?implementation, while undeniably important, has?often meant that there is little room for critical?examination of the broader implications of digital?technology and computational methodologies in art?history. This anthology seeks to address the dearth?of critical reflection by approaching the use of?digital technology in art history from a theoretical?perspective and critically assessing specific case?study examples. This book also considers the?political dimensions associated with the large-scale digitization and the application of digital tools?within museums and collection management. A long-standing concern of the field-and?also a major focal point of this book-is museum?and collecting practices in the digital era. While?there is a certain degree of continuity in the field,?there are some important shifts and changes too.?One of the key changes is the widespread uptake?of artificial intelligence tools and an increased?attention to both the broader historical and societal?aspects of the use of digital?tools within museums and collection management.
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