%0 Journal Article
%T The Internet as a Tool for Communicating Life Stories: a New Challenge for ¡®Memory Institutions¡¯
%A Laura Solanilla
%J International Journal of Intangible Heritage
%D 2008
%I National Folk Museum of Korea
%X This paper argues that life stories and other personal biographical accounts should be considered as significant manifestations of the intangible cultural heritage. It addresses the consequences for ¡®memory institutions¡¯, i.e. museums, libraries, archives and similar bodies, in relation to the protection and safeguarding of this heritage. First, the main challenges that these institutions have to face in order to protect this special kind of heritage areconsidered. Second, there is consideration of the main changes caused by the introduction of new information communication technologies (ICTs) into the cultural heritage world, and specifically, the effect of ICT developments on the institutions responsible for autobiographical memoirs are examined.
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