Efoto Hamburg: From Image Data to a Digitally Mediated Cultural Heritage Process

Abstract

In this article we elaborate the theoretic foundation of the efoto project and how it was used for technical implementation of a mobile application. Further we show how images can be interpreted as data and how they may be transferred into objects of cultural relevance and as such integrated into a cultural heritage process We prove that Cultural Heritage may be defined by combining statements from the UNESCO with insights from discussions on sustainability, especially cultural sustainability, cultural sciences and identity creation and that such a definition leeds to an understanding of Cultural Heritage as an ongoing social process.