Preserving and dissemination of digitised sound heritage in contemporary times: The potential of blockchain technology

Abstract

Following recent technological changes, the archival profession will reach the moment of surpassing previously dominant mediaspheres, in which sounds and images were stored in traditionally located archives. This is not to say that tradi­tional archives are not needed anymore - on the contrary. In this article, I will try to bring out the possibilities of upgrading traditional archives with the help of blockchain technology and to analyse the complex navigation between online market and commodification in the world of contemporary ethnomusicological contribution to sound heritage archiving.

Keywords

• blockchain
• archives
• digitising
• sound heritage.