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TRV 295 - Cultural Heritage Tourism

TRV 295 - Cultural Heritage Tourism. Chapter 6 – Technology Needs & Use. Dr. T. Michael Gilley. "TRV 295 - Chapter 6 – Technology Needs and Use" by Mike Gilley, CC BY 4.0. Technology Availability and Use for Cultural Heritage Event Planning and Management.

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TRV 295 - Cultural Heritage Tourism

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  1. TRV 295 - Cultural Heritage Tourism Chapter 6 – Technology Needs & Use Dr. T. Michael Gilley "TRV 295 - Chapter 6 – Technology Needs and Use" by Mike Gilley, CC BY 4.0.

  2. Technology Availability and Use for Cultural Heritage Event Planning and Management • In this day and time, many technologies exist which can provide assistance with event planning and management: • Software such as word processing for writing letters, performance contracts; desktop publishing for creating newsletters, signs, brochures, and pamphlets; slide preparations for presentations; web design for websites creation and management; spreadsheets for budgeting and tracking expenditures and revenues; databases for creation of artisan, and performer lists as well as other mailing lists; • Social media for information dissemination and event promotion;

  3. Technology Availability and Use for Cultural Heritage Event Planning and Management (Cont’d) • Email, cellphones, texting, messaging for communication; • Digital audio and video recording for documenting and preserving heritage arts, crafts, costumes, dance, music, and storytelling; • Drones for aerial recording of events; • Sound systems for projecting and professionally mixing human voice and music instruments for announcements, presentations, and performances; • Lightening for enhancing exhibits and performances; • Live digital streaming of events to reach audiences beyond the event location.

  4. Powering Technology • There are a wider variety of power sources these days for the use of technologies: • electrical power provided with fossil fuels, • batteries, • solar, • wind power, and • water power.

  5. Sharing Technology • There are technologies that allow us to share knowledge, audio presentations, visual presentations, as well as virtual worlds for communicating and building virtual societies, products, entertainment etc. • Electronic journals and books, social media; • Audio books, radio, podcasts, CD–baby, Reverbnation, social media; • DVDs, BlueRay, cable and satellite television, Youtube; streaming video, social media; • Second Life.

  6. Case Study 1 – Blue Ridge Folklife Festival • Blue Ridge Folklife Festival is both an indoor / outdoor event for one day. • To power the festival, the college uses electricity from fossil fuels and solar energy. • Festival staff and volunteers use email, cell phones, and radios for communication. • Photography is used to documenting and preserving heritage arts, crafts, costumes, dance, music, and storytelling. • Sound systems for projecting and professionally mixing human voice and music instruments for music performances.

  7. Case Study 2 – Home Craft Days • Home Craft Days is primarily an outdoor event with some indoor activities for two days and one evening. • To power the festival, the college uses electricity from fossil fuels and solar energy. • Festival staff and volunteers use email, cell phones, and radios for communication. • Digital audio and video recording as well as photography is used to documenting and preserving heritage arts, crafts, costumes, dance, music, and storytelling. • Sound systems for projecting and professionally mixing human voice and music instruments for music performances. • Some lighting is used for performances on stages. • Live digital streaming of events to reach audiences beyond the event location.

  8. Case Study 3 - MerfeFest • MerleFest is both an indoor / outdoor event for three and a half days. • To power the festival, the college uses electricity from fossil fuels. • Festival staff and volunteers use email, cell phones, and radios for communication. • Photography and some video are used to documenting and preserving heritage arts, crafts, costumes, dance, music, and storytelling. • Sound systems for projecting and professionally mixing human voice and music instruments for music performances. • Some lighting is used for performances on some of the performance stages.

  9. Assignment for Chapter 6: • What technology does the case study cultural heritage event you are reviewing as your case study use? Who provides / sponsors / funds the power and technology for the event? Are there any new technologies and power sources in use at the event? What have been the best practices for your case study as far as technology?

  10. Resources • deLisle, L. J. (2014). Creating special events. Urbana, IL: Sagamore Publishing. • Gilley, T. M. (2016). Institutions of higher education and cultural heritage tourism: A case study of the Crooked Road, Virginia’s heritage music trail. Ann Arbor: ProQuest.

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