ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the nature and processes of digital technologies and their impact on questions of memory and memorialisation in industrial heritage, here meaning any kind of heritage produced or modified during the Industrial Age. It deals with digital technologies; also draw some parallels to earlier Industrial Age technologies. The Industrial Age presents particular problems for memory and memorialisation: whether in terms of public spaces, workplaces or even home environments, most people are confronted with the physical presence of industrial heritage every day. The development of digital techniques is a rapidly changing field, which has in many ways outpaced the ability of those involved in industrial heritage to engage with it fully. To disentangle these issues further, people now consider the approaches and techniques of memory work in digital heritage by outlining three basic strands of digital technology: digital capture and documentation; digital representation, visualisation and dissemination; and digital archiving.
