Memory Modalities Opening-up Digital Heritage Infrastructures

Memory is a double bind: on the one side, memory making is a basic individual and social practice of creating cultural traditions, and on the other side, it is a technical model in computer technology. Both concepts are entangled with each other. Since the introduction of computer technology and digital infrastructures, the means and modalities for making memories have changed enormously for professionals in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) and also people and groups in everyday life. HCI thus plays a crucial role for shaping these modalities of memory making, for creating connectivities between human and non-human memories as well as for opening up cultural memory making for participation by diverse stakeholders.