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Libraly Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (401): 11-23.

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Research and Practice of Transmedia Storytelling in Digital Humanities Services

Qiu Kaiyu, Xia Cuijuan (Shanghai Library)   

  • Online:2024-09-15 Published:2024-09-26
  • About author:Qiu Kaiyu, Xia Cuijuan (Shanghai Library)

Abstract:

practice through two approaches: theoretical research and practical exploration. By summarizingand abstracting specific practical application projects, it outlines methods and approaches for utilizingtransmedia storytelling within the digital humanities services provided by GLAMs institutions, offeringnew perspectives on the activation and dissemination of multimodal cultural heritage. Starting with anexplanation of the concept of transmedia storytelling, the paper elaborates on its consistency and necessitywithin the digital humanities research paradigm. It also analyzes practical cases, outlining the currentstatus, approaches, and challenges associated with its application from the digital humanities perspective.Moreover, by integrating the resources of rubbing inscriptions, genealogies, and historical records fromthe Shanghai Library, the paper demonstrates the practice of transmedia storytelling from the perspectivesof constructing cultural cognition, creating cultural memory, and narrating through multiple sensorychannels. Based on these explorations, it examines the feasibility of creating digital humanistic narrativespace, activating cultural heritage, enhancing knowledge comprehension, and building cultural memory by utilizing transmedia storytelling. The research culminates in a method and approach of transmediastorytelling in digital humanities services within GLAMs institutions. Case studies are further conductedto verify the general applicability of this framework, and to explore the application value of transmediastorytelling in digital humanities.