Curating China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976): CR/10 as a Warburgian Memory Atlas and Digital Humanities Interface

TL;DR

CR/10 is a digital platform that preserves and presents China's Cultural Revolution memories, functioning as a Warburgian memory atlas and engaging diverse users through ethnographic insights and design proposals.

Contribution

It introduces CR/10 as an innovative digital humanities interface that combines memory studies with ethnographic research and design insights for cultural heritage.

Findings

CR/10 effectively engages diverse user groups.

The platform serves as a Warburgian memory atlas.

Design opportunities can enhance user experience.

Abstract

CR/10 is a digital oral history platform that aims to collect and preserve the cultural memories of China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). This paper discusses how CR/10 functions as a Warburgian memory atlas and shapes multifaceted narratives of the historical incident. Through ethnographic research and semi-structured interviews with users within and outside academia, I examined the usability of CR/10 among various user groups and proposed design opportunities to further empower the interface. This paper offered a strong case on the datafication of cultural memories among cultural heritage institutions and contributed to digital archiving scholarship with an innovative methodological lens.