Reenactment

Technologies of the body that support the documentation and transmission of intangible and embodied dimensions of living cultures are vital to traditions of reperformance such as reenactment. This chapter explores how innovations in computational and experimental museology are bringing marginalized corporeal experiences into museums. Working in collaboration with communities of practice, researchers spanning these two fields have conceived novel digital reenactment approaches in tandem with media artists and engineers. Methodologies include virtual production techniques such as motion capture, alongside computer graphics, 3D modelling, and digital annotation techniques, which are enabling the creation of new embodied knowledge systems to record and revive tacit heritage. The convergence of these approaches has established interoperable digital archives that can preserve long-treasured cultural performances in the face of diminishing transmission. These archives are being enlivened through custom large-scale interactive platforms to support teaching, public exhibition, and transmission.