Facilitating Change

The challenge of telling the stories of our past through technology

Authors

  • Alison Breese

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.10592

Keywords:

Virtual Reality, Digital techonology, Otago history

Abstract

This article aims to give some insight into the challenges I faced when completing a digital thesis, rather than the subject content itself. My digital thesis aimed to showcase archives and create new stories and experiences for the reader through different multimedia technology. I will explain how I enabled accessibility of my research outside of academia, and the importance of cross collaboration and communication with people from multiple institutions, and the issues created by various policy and technological challenges.

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Author Biography

Alison Breese

Alison Breese is a Historian who works for New Zealand Heritage Properties and for her own company Museograph with her husband Anthony. She previously worked as an Archivist and then Digital Archivist for 15 years. She was on the ARANZ Council for a three year term holding the website and social media portfolio. With her work on historic toilets she is also known as the Loo Lady. Her digital thesis that the article covers is available here: http://scalar.usc.edu/works/conveniences/index.

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Published

2022-01-01

Issue

2022

Section

Articles