Technology and Historic Preservation: Documentation and Storytelling

Abstract

Over the last few decades transformation within the field of historic pres-ervation has involved the nearly parallel tracks of expanding the histories beingpreserved and a constantly shifting technological landscape. This digital transfor-mation has reshaped historic preservation practice and community engagement bymaking new tools and methods available for documentation and place-based story-telling. This chapter examines how technological advancements such as geographicinformation systems, Lidar, photogrammetry, drones, mobile applications, and so-cial media translate data and information into a more useable and accessible formatfor both professional and public use.