A discussion of digital information relating to cultural heritage with regard to authenticity management

Abstract

The “Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage” in para. 10 highlights the need to be conscious of “the new possibilities offered by evolving technologies, in particular for very high-definition 3D digital recording and reproduction of material attributes of cultural heritage properties”. In fact, increased examples of projects for creating and managing digital information on cultural heritage attract attention. This paper intends to develop a few thoughts on digital information about cultural heritage in relation to the concept of authenticity. For this purpose, it discusses how advanced technologies concerning the digital information of cultural heritage affect heritage management works to preserve the conditions of authenticity, elaborated mainly in the instruments on world heritage conservation. Also, the paper examines possible impacts that the development of metaverse technologies may have on the tension between authenticity and integrity and other dualistic concepts.