Abstract:

In the era of big data, archival data is quantified, multimodal and fragmented, and archivaldata urgently needs to be transformed into archival resources and knowledge. And challenges also existin the integration, mining, reconstruction and dissemination of archival resources. At present, Chinais in the exploration phase of developing both theoretical frameworks and practical approaches forarchival digital narrative and multimodal archival resources. This paper aims to construct a feasible andscalable multimodal archival narrative development model to guide archives and GLAM institutions tocarry out archival narrative development work more effectively, so as to innovate the mode of archivaldevelopment, its utilization and service. Using the digital narrative theories of Seymour Chatman andMarie-Laure Ryan as an analytical framework, it conducts a case analysis of the narrative structure ofthe “Shanghai Municipal Archives” digital humanities platform developed by the Shanghai MunicipalArchives. Based on the results of the case study, it identifies the opportunities and challenges in the field,and offers strategic solutions that can be replicated. Findings indicate that archives should strengthen theconstruction of multimodal resources, align narrative intentions with social interests, move beyond thetraditional thinking of archival narrative arrangement, enrich narrative logic, and develop Internet-basednarrative products, so as to present archival content and meet the immersive and interactive needs of the public. The study concludes that digital narrative is an effective development model that fits the technicaland public characteristics of multimodal archival resource systems