ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the design, management and curation strategies of Rivers of Emotion project. The applied Rivers of Emotion model has wide-ranging application for sites of recognised heritage, and meaningfully, places of human engagement more generally. The Rivers of Emotion digital infrastructure provides the public with a viable tool with which to investigate and explore, which in turn makes various gallery, library, archive and museum resources more accessible to the public and contributes to the democratisation of heritage and heritage practices. The Rivers of Emotion digital archive contributes to place scholarship in a variety of ways, most notably in its capturing and highlighting of the nexus and connection between lived experiences, emotions and place. Further heritage and tourism interpretative works have been developed from the captured and mapped data of the Rivers of Emotion. The Rivers of Emotion archive has the ability to contribute to public cultural and social life, and creating an opportunity for belonging and attachment and storytelling.
