Volume 3,Issue 9
Re-mediating Heritage: ICH Documentaries as Generative Memory Devices
In the digital context, Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) documentaries have evolved from salvage recording tools into” re-mediation devices” reorganizing tradition and modernity. This paper elucidates how they actively construct contemporary cultural memory. In narrative generation, strategies like reconstructing” sacred time” and symbol activation encode practices into accessible” memory time.” In space production, images establish presence through” location-soundscape” and” body-stage” performance, constructing symbolic” sites of memory”. Ultimately, these mechanisms transform ICH from local experiences into open public memory, functioning as digital devices that rebuild cultural continuity at the fracture points of modernity.
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