The Establishment of the Digital Cultural Heritage Archives Platform, Dusit District, Bangkok
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14456/jiskku.2025.3Keywords:
Digital archives, Cultural heritage, Cultural, Data compilation, Digital curationAbstract
Purpose: The aim of this initiative is to gather information about the cultural heritage of the Dusit District in Bangkok, and subsequently develop a digital platform for a cultural heritage database.
Methodology: The study's population and sample comprised personnel from the Dusit District Office, academics affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, specialists in data warehouse development, as well as community leaders and residents of the Dusit District. The research employed four distinct instruments: an in-depth interview recording form, a focus group discussion recording form, an efficiency assessment form for the digital data warehouse platform, and a user satisfaction questionnaire for the Dusit District Cultural Heritage Digital Data Warehouse platform. The data obtained from interviews and focus group discussions were analyzed using content analysis, while the data gathered from the questionnaires were analyzed statistically specifically by calculating the mean and standard deviation.
Finding: The preliminary compilation of Dusit Cultural Heritage comprises 32 items, which have been disseminated and made accessible through a digital platform dedicated to cultural heritage knowledge, available in both website and application formats. Expert evaluations indicate that this platform serves multiple functions: 1) it effectively records and aggregates information pertaining to community wisdom, 2) it acts as an educational resource for youth and emerging generations within the community, 3) it provides valuable tourism information for visitors interested in exploring the actual sites, 4) the website features user-friendly typography with adjustable font sizes to accommodate individual user preferences, and 5) it incorporates a secure access system, which has garnered high levels of user satisfaction during testing.
Application of this study: The establishment of this digital cultural heritage database platform functions as a tool for collecting and disseminating information across diverse domains of cultural heritage. Additionally, it can be utilized to compile important data through alternative methods.
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