Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Art - Computer Art /
Graphics / Art in Media, grade: 8, Maastricht University, language:
English, abstract: The new opportunities humanity gets while society
develops and technology grows are seemingly non-terminating. Obviously,
many people like to benefit from the arising advantages and the positive
side-effects. The World Wide Web is one of these technologies, that on
the one hand remarkably facilitate our life and on the other hand lead
to a more complex and intertwined system and to changes that can not be
reversed. In times of rapid growing technological progress civilization
struggles with the issue of striking new paths to the future while at
the same time fostering the own cultural heritage. For some people arts
and culture are necessary, because they belong to their roots and are
signs of their history, but opinions and notions about that theme vary
widely. Still there are hotly debated problems relating to cultural
policy - Heilbrun & Gray (2011) argue that arts and culture are caught
in a materialistic world (p. 3) which is the reason why they always have
to deal with a mighty term called 'money'. But when thinking about
culture and heritage, it is not just about keeping the past in mind and
preserving ancient monuments. It is also about actively promoting the
arts and culture, that currently come into existence. Technologies arise
and so do arts. How to cope now with balancing between past and future,
heritage and progress, art and high-tech? Bringing something forward
means spending time on it, participating in it and therefore reinforcing
it. A modern world needs people who get involved and that is why
participation may be one of the pivotal things needed for generating a
successful future. By taking a look at the current situation, I want to
examine the special relationship between the use of the internet and
participation in arts and culture. What do we understand by thinking of
the term 'cultural
