PROMOTING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO STUDY TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE OF A PEOPLE: AN EXPLORATORY METHODOLOGY

This essay examines the benefits and drawbacks of digital technology as it relates to cultural heritage preservation. The actual reflection of memory, history, and tradition cannot always be preserved using the same techniques used to create virtual cultural storages as a physical museum, and as a result, the axiological meaning of the word legacy is lost. In contrast, digital reproductions of cultural items and virtual museums assist to save and preserve knowledge that might otherwise be lost. In the framework of interactions between modern society and cultural tradition, we examine the characteristics of virtual forms of preservation of cultural heritage in this essay