Preserving and Dissemination of Digitised  Sound Heritage in Contemporary Times:  The Potential of Blockchain Technology

Dragana Stojanović

Authors

Dragana Stojanović Associate professor, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-6338

Keywords:

blockchain, archives, digitising, sound heritage

Abstract

Following recent technological changes, the archival profession will reach the moment of surpassing previously dominant mediaspheres, in which sounds and images were stored in traditionally located archives. This is not to say that traditional archives are not needed anymore – on the contrary. In this article, I will try to bring out the possibilities of upgrading traditional archives with the help of blockchain technology and to analyse the complex navigation between online market and commodification in the world of contemporary ethnomusicological contribution to sound heritage archiving.

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