The New Subjects of"Online Publics":Online Participation Mechanisms in Dutch Urban Heritage Conservation
As Covid-19 spreads around the world,the disadvantages of traditional offline public participation as an important part of inclusive heritage conservation management have gradually become apparent,as there are few ways to participate,large geographical restrictions and difficulties in organizing people.With the rapid development of digital information technologies,the Dutch have actively set up online participation platforms,and the"online public"has become a new subject to participate in urban heritage conservation practices,making it possible to connect across time and space.The article selected nine online participation platforms in the Dutch and analysed the online participation mechanisms in urban heritage conservation through online participatory observation and interviews.The study found that:1)Digital narrative transforms fragmented personal narrative materials into systematic heritage conservation references through the operational mechanisms of narrative coding,narrative decoding,and thematic design,and achieves the collective expression of heritage cognition;Digital mapping is based on a circular mechanism of"participation-translation-dissemination-feedback",which provides paths for the presentation of heritage spatial memory.2)The digital demystification and policy shift have made the technical obstacles to online public participation disappear and the right to participate gradually become clear,which is the basic guarantee for the justice of the online participation mechanism.3)China can learn from the experience of the Dutch on three levels:participation guidance,participation paths and participation justice,making up for the shortcomings of the mechanism,so that the online public can participate as a new subject in the practice of urban heritage conservation in China.