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'All Things Made New' Dr Charles Henry talks about the the intersection between technology and culture @NLNZ 
#remix culture feels ephemeral but put in a more stable environment we get #Wikipedia a more serious product.
The challenge for libraries and archives is around scale, the sheer number of digital artifacts. But also, what is real and authentic?
What can technology reveal in art? The x-ray of the picture on the right reveals a dramatic thematic change - a corpse becomes farmer's produce. Now we speculate why?
In other research, a stain on a medieval manuscript is revealed to be a powerful antibiotic through interdisciplinary collaborative work. Lost for hundreds of years and soon to be made available to the world for free.
A global community of digital libraries can tap into research and development groups to create a digital planetary library. Hoping for a summit in Wellington 2020! #Pangia - an international repository for artifacts threatened by climate change.
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