The Role of Digital Technologies in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Conclusion The transition from the real spheres of interaction with cultural objects to the virtual sphere weakens interpersonal communication in the context of connection to tradition.The result is the “removing” of traditional practice of reception of the past culture from educational, sacred, or axiological sphere to the sphere of entertainment, role-playing computer games or special programs. Such software products provide the ability to change at one’s own will the historical events, to simulate the history of the family, the clan, the country. Genuine knowledge and genuine artifacts of cultural heritage need not to be used in actual practice, with the exception of a few scientic individuals’ work. But most importantly, there will be no reason to preserve authentic remnants or ruins of historical and cultural monuments, as different digital technologies of 3D reconstruction, and digital simulations of life-size monuments will be perceived in society not only as an adequate substitute for the original, but as the only possibility to its perception. Therefore, virtual images of cultural heritage objects may prevail over their real images in our consciousness in the future