Blockchain Technology for Participatory Publication of Archival Documents. Marco Polo’s Diplomatic Codex as a Showcase

Andrea Nanetti; Paola Benussi; Andrea Erboso; Dusit Niyato

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-34732-0_42

Blockchain Technology for Participatory Publication of Archival Documents. Marco Polo’s Diplomatic Codex as a Showcase

Andrea Nanetti^*, Paola Benussi, Andrea Erboso, Dusit Niyato

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Abstract

To commemorate the 700 years since Marco Polo’s death (1324–2024), the State Archive of Venice, the National Library of Saint Mark, and the Veneto Institute of Sciences, Humanities and Arts (IVSLA) are curating and editing a diplomatic codex (CDP) of documents relevant to the study of the historical figure of Marco Polo (1254–1324). IVSLA will publish the CDP as a prestigious and traditional book, and the Engineering Historical Memory initiative will publish it online. This paper presents and discusses how the CDP is exploring the use of blockchain technology among parties who might not necessarily trust each other (i.e., authors and readers) to 1) launch ongoing participatory editing by entrusting multiple users with the task of promoting substantiated modifications to critical editions of archival documents and 2) share the digital asset’s history while duplicating and reusing archival documents’ digital reproductions. Thus, the online CDP can be construed as a practice-led research project exploring the disruption of making a critical edition of archival documents using highly participatory research powered by blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Culture and Computing - 11th International Conference, C and C 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Matthias Rauterberg
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	548-558
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783031347313
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34732-0_42
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C and C 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: Jul 23 2023 → Jul 28 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	14035 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C and C 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	7/23/23 → 7/28/23

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Keywords

Archival Documents
Blockchain Technology
Digital-Asset Sharing
Participatory Research

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Nanetti, A., Benussi, P., Erboso, A., & Niyato, D. (2023). Blockchain Technology for Participatory Publication of Archival Documents. Marco Polo’s Diplomatic Codex as a Showcase. In M. Rauterberg (Ed.), Culture and Computing - 11th International Conference, C and C 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings (pp. 548-558). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14035 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34732-0_42

Nanetti, Andrea ; Benussi, Paola ; Erboso, Andrea et al. / Blockchain Technology for Participatory Publication of Archival Documents. Marco Polo’s Diplomatic Codex as a Showcase. Culture and Computing - 11th International Conference, C and C 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. editor / Matthias Rauterberg. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 548-558 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Nanetti, A, Benussi, P, Erboso, A & Niyato, D 2023, Blockchain Technology for Participatory Publication of Archival Documents. Marco Polo’s Diplomatic Codex as a Showcase. in M Rauterberg (ed.), Culture and Computing - 11th International Conference, C and C 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 14035 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 548-558, 11th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C and C 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 7/23/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34732-0_42

Blockchain Technology for Participatory Publication of Archival Documents. Marco Polo’s Diplomatic Codex as a Showcase. / Nanetti, Andrea; Benussi, Paola; Erboso, Andrea et al.
Culture and Computing - 11th International Conference, C and C 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Matthias Rauterberg. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 548-558 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14035 LNCS).

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Nanetti A, Benussi P, Erboso A, Niyato D. Blockchain Technology for Participatory Publication of Archival Documents. Marco Polo’s Diplomatic Codex as a Showcase. In Rauterberg M, editor, Culture and Computing - 11th International Conference, C and C 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 548-558. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-34732-0_42

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