Digital Creativity and the Wall Paintings of 'Shakespeare's Guildhall', Stratford-upon-Avon
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: In recent years, academics have been encouraged to explore how scholarly research can have impact outside the academy, on the policies and practices of key stakeholders and heritage professionals and the cultural and educational experiences of the general public. This article explores how digital creativity provides new collaborative opportunities to those working in buildings archaeology, conservation and cultural heritage. Focusing on the issues surrounding the digital documentation of wall paintings, it focuses on a recent project at the Guildhall, Stratford-upon- Avon. Here, scholarly research has underpinned the development of the £1.4 million Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) project 'Willingly to School with Shakespeare'. Close collaboration between academics and heritage and conservation professionals has resulted in the development of a digitally creative solution to explain the complex medieval cultural inheritance of one of Europe's greatest playwrights. The project therefore provides a model for how digital creativity facilitates greater dialogue between key stakeholders in the documentation and conservation of cultural heritage, and its presentation to the wider public.
Source: Internet Archaeology
DOI: 10.11141/ia.44.6
Author: Kate Giles
Institution: University of York
Language: English
Subfield: Geology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,103
OpenAlex ID: W2606976672