ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the use of visual research methodologies (VRM) to investigate the relationship between heritage digital technologies and ‘sense of place’. It argues that despite technological and methodological problems, VRM are useful in examining the cognitive, emotional and behavioural encounters with ordinary heritage landscapes. GoPro cameras, which are fixed forward and move with the body, the AV recording glasses moved constantly with the head of the participant, either up and down while using the app. A common theme across many studies is that ‘heritage’, whether tangible or intangible, plays a vital and role in people’s accumulation of collective memories and attachment to places, and the creation of communal, local and national identities. The role of heritage in creating and maintaining a sense of place has long been recognized. A focus on citizen heritage, a version of citizen science, has been suggested as a way of including different voices and creating an active citizenry.
