Landscape as Narrative in the Virtual Realm: Interactive Mapping and Digital Storytelling for Rural Heritage Conservation in Brebu, Romania
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2026.16.27Keywords:
Digital Storytelling, Rural Heritage, Cultural LandscapeAbstract
This paper develops a methodological framework for translating Brebu’s rural cultural landscape into an interactive digital route. Through narrative mapping, digital storytelling, cumulated heritage records, and layered documentation, it structures tangible and intangible values into an interpretive platform, showing that digital mediation can strengthen documentation, accessibility, public engagement, and long-term heritage transmission for future generations.References
Abdelgawad, D., Youssef, G., Ibrahim, S., Abdelsattar, A., Derbali, A., & Dwidar, S. (2025). Interactive mapping for the documentation of cultural heritage in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 12(1), Article 2600524. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2025.2600524
Benjamin, W. (1982). The Arcades Project (R. Tiedemann, Ed.; H. Eiland & K. McLaughlin, Trans.). Harvard University Press.
CIDOC CRM. (n.d.). CIDOC conceptual reference model. https://cidoc-crm.org
Council of Europe. (2000). European Landscape Convention (Florence, 20.X.2000). https://www.coe.int/en/web/landscape
Council of Europe. (n.d.). Definition and legal recognition of landscapes. https://www.coe.int/en/web/landscape/definition-and-legal-recognition-of-landscapes
Doerr, M., Gradmann, S., Hennicke, S., Isaac, A., Meghini, C., & Van de Sompel, H. (2010, August). The Europeana Data Model (EDM) [Conference paper]. World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225035761_The_Europeana_Data_Model_EDM
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. (n.d.). Dublin Core metadata element set, version 1.1. https://www.dublincore.org/documents/dces/
Europeana. (n.d.). Metadata. Europeana Pro. https://pro.europeana.eu/page/metadata
Freire, N., Robson, G., Howard, J. B., Manguinhas, H., & Isaac, A. (2020). Cultural heritage metadata aggregation using web technologies: IIIF, sitemaps and schema.org. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 21(1), 19–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-018-0259-5
Grecea (Bănescu), O. A. (2022). Manifestul înțelegerii: Teorie comparată și particularism vernacular bănățean [Manifest of understanding: Comparative theory and Banat vernacular particularism] [Doctoral dissertation, Politehnica University of Timișoara].
International Council on Monuments and Sites, & International Federation of Landscape Architects. (2017). ICOMOS–IFLA principles concerning rural landscapes as heritage. https://www.icomos.org/images/DOCUMENTS/Charters/GA2017_6-3-1_RuralLandscapesPrinciples_EN_adopted-15122017.pdf
International Council on Monuments and Sites. (1964). International charter for the conservation and restoration of monuments and sites (The Venice Charter 1964). https://www.icomos.org/images/DOCUMENTS/Charters/venice_e.pdf
International Council on Monuments and Sites. (1999). Charter on the built vernacular heritage. https://www.icomos.org/images/DOCUMENTS/Charters/vernacular_e.pdf
International Council on Monuments and Sites. (2008a). Charter on cultural routes. https://www.icomos.org.tr/Dosyalar/ICOMOSTR_en0623812001536913379.pdf
International Council on Monuments and Sites. (2008b). ICOMOS charter for the interpretation and presentation of cultural heritage sites (The Ename Charter). https://www.icomos.org/images/DOCUMENTS/Charters/interpretation_e.pdf
International Museums Office. (1931). Athens charter for the restoration of historic monuments. https://civvih.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Athens-Charter_1931.pdf
London Charter. (2009). The London charter for the computer-based visualisation of cultural heritage. https://www.london-charter.org/principles.html
Malinverni, E. S., Abate, D., Agapiou, A., Di Stefano, F., Felicetti, A., Paolanti, M., Pierdicca, R., & Zingaretti, P. (2024). SIGNIFICANCE deep learning based platform to fight illicit trafficking of cultural heritage goods. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 15081. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65885-6
Ruskin, J. (1849). The seven lamps of architecture. Smith, Elder & Co.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre. (2024, February 14). Explore the UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas. https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2653
UNESCO World Heritage Centre. (n.d.). Dive into Heritage. https://whc.unesco.org/en/dive-into-heritage/
Viollet-le-Duc, E. (1854–1868). Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle [Reasoned dictionary of French architecture from the 11th to the 16th century]. A. Morel.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
