The digital cultural biography, a tool for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange on the history and heritage of the urban landscape

• DOI: 10.1108/jchmsd-04-2015-0015
• Publication Date: 2016-05-18T08:14:55Z
• Authors: Maurice de Kleijn; Eduardo Dias; Gert-Jan Burgers
• Keywords: Cultural landscape

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the challenge for knowledge exchange between disciplines that study past urban landscapes, such as archaeologists, historians and historical geographers work on new landscapes architects spatial planners. It presents design, deployment evaluation a heritage instrument, “digital cultural biography” (DCB), which aims allow future-oriented make more informed decisions. Design/methodology/approach makes three contributions. First it methodology disseminate geographic information across by applying biography landscape research strategy. Second translates digital DCB, possible configure features diachronically well spatially. And third evaluates added value instrument organizing design concourse various methods. Roman neighbourhood Testaccio functions use case study. Findings shows high potential tooling based geospatial technologies support dialogue future past-oriented disciplines. Originality/value discusses how recently developed method can be used tool collaboration managers Moreover, first time applies tools approach.