From 8–10 April, the Annual Conference of Estonian Humanities brought together nearly 600 scholars and featured more than 300 presentations. The museology working group organised a special panel titled “What Does the Digital Heritage User Need? What Happens to Heritage After Digitisation?”, moderated by Pille Runnel.
The presentations explored digital cultural heritage as a dynamic and sometimes tension‑filled field where user expectations, technological possibilities, institutional constraints, and cultural and ethical considerations intersect.
Presentations
“Dear friend, it is ugly and inconvenient, but you can sometimes get things out of it.”
Greete Veesalu | National Library of EstoniaHow Does Digital Cultural Heritage Speak to Us?
Mart Alaru | Estonian National MuseumYouth Culture Meets Digital Heritage
Pille Pruulmann‑Vengerfeldt | Malmö University | Estonian National Museum
Pille Runnel | Estonian National Museum
Maria Murumaa‑Mengel | University of TartuDigital Heritage Without Limits? Layers, Purposes and Ethical Dilemmas of Digitisation
Jaanika Vider | Tallinn University
Tiina Vint | University of Tartu MuseumDigital Heritage as a New Mode of Interpreting Museum Collections
Pille Runnel | Estonian National MuseumDialogue with AI in the Digital Archive: On the Possibility of Complex Meaning‑Making
Merit Maran | Tallinn UniversityWhat Shapes Digital Development in Museums? Four Pressure Points of Digital Transformation
Agnes Aljas | Estonian National Museum
Poster presentations
Digital Heritage and Video Games: Opportunities for Collaboration and User‑Centred Approaches
Piibe Nõmm | Estonian National Museum
Agnes Aljas | Estonian National MuseumDigital Cultural Heritage as a Societal Resource
Piibe Nõmm | Estonian National MuseumIncubating Innovation: How Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) in Estonia Can Shape the Future of Digital Humanities
Mahendra Mahey | Tallinn University, Estonian National Museum, University of Strathclyde