How digital technologies empower the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage: a scoping review of research from 2020 to 2025
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This review synthesised 102 studies on digital technologies for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, highlighting five stages: data collection, organisation, and documentation; classification and recognition; digital restoration; exhibition and education; and cultural innovation. Conventional digitisation preserves authenticity and context; AI enables processing and multimodal interpretation. The review provided a Dual-Path Integration Model for Digital Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (DPI-ICH), linking authenticity-oriented documentation with AI-based enhancement.
Source: npj Heritage Science
Authors: Shuyang Wei, Lin Wang, Siling Xu, Jifeng Xu, Mengcheng Wang, Jinlei Shi, Hao Fan, Feng Gan
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: G3505830921, G7211894239
OpenAlex ID: W7166351208