Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage by Anupama Mallik Santanu Chaudhury Vijay Chandru & Sharada Srinivasan

Author:Anupama Mallik, Santanu Chaudhury, Vijay Chandru & Sharada Srinivasan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Singapore

2.4 Narratives

Moving beyond the beta version of the LICMP developed for the Lepakshi Utsava in 2012, which permitted mere browsing of the ceiling mural panels, the more recent versions of the LICMP and HICMP have been codesigned and developed with art historians, folklore researchers, artists and designers as well as lay users to provide users a rich, layered experience with information, stories and narratives about the ceiling murals. The paintings at Hampi and Lepakshi have a strong narrative purpose. The religious and social themes depicted here would be hard to interpret for someone who lacks cognizance of Hindu mythology. To enhance the understanding of such visitors/users we incorporated narratives into the interactive ceiling mural plans. Narratives providing scholarly knowledge on the mythological background, themes, composition, iconographical details, aesthetic elements and further reading suggestions were prepared by the art historian and folklore researchers.

Our aim is to not only disseminate mainstream knowledge but to also encourage the transmission of multiple narratives and histories. These interactive plans hence serve as a platform not only for historians, scholars but for temple priests, local guides and local knowledge bearers in the community to add their knowledge of the mural paintings. Other users can also send us their narratives and histories which we will upload. User research revealed that some users preferred auditory narratives over lengthy textual narratives. We have begun supplementing textual narratives with both audio and video narratives for such users. Our future plans including ensuring greater accessibility for the visually challenged [13].

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