title: Progress to Participatory Digital Preservation with Geopark: A Case Study of How Gold Museum in Taiwan Participates in Shui-Chin-Chiu Geopark to Engage with Local Communities
creators: Yi-Ting Lin
abstract: How can the curatorial processes of the museum be participated by source communities [1] but maintain the professional image of a museum [2]? Many museums in the western world turn to social media [3]–[5] and consider crowdsourcing a cost-effective solution [6]–[9]. However, social media were not universally popular. This study performed a case study to examine Geopark as an approach alternative approach to community engagement with a Taiwanese regional museum, the Gold Museum in New Taipei City. As Gold Museum participates in Chiufen-Chinkuashih-Shueinandong Geopark as an eco-museum, this research explored the need of local communities and how local communities cooperate with the museum to preserve geoheritage and develop a sustainable economy.
keywords: community-engagement geopark sustainability participatory-digital-archive museum-communication