2023/05/11 by Yi Song, Filippo Gilardi, Celia Lam
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation #Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research #Museums and Cultural Heritage
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/09647775.2023.2209868
openalex publication_date 2023/05/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/22
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) identify heritage practice as a means to develop culturally sustainable communities. Cultural sustainability enables the continuity of cultural identities and facilitates social inclusion. It is, therefore, of great importance for communities. Museums, as institutions that carry material and immaterial traces of history, serve as important conduits in the communication and preservation of culture.This paper examines the role of community museums in the development of culturally sustainable communities and explores how the process can be enhanced by the implementation of Transmedia Storytelling techniques to engage community audiences. It takes as a case study the collaboration between a Sino-foreign university, the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), and a local community museum, the Ningbo Bang Museum. Students studying at UNNC had the opportunity to create transmedia narratives about the individuals featured in the museum, with a focus on community engagement.