{"id":7410,"date":"2020-04-17T21:37:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=7410"},"modified":"2020-04-17T21:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:37:09","slug":"finland-accepts-the-demoscene-on-its-national-unesco-list-of-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=7410","title":{"rendered":"Finland accepts the Demoscene on its national UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Demoskene is an international community focused on demos, programming, graphics and sound creatively real-time audiovisual performances. [..] Subculture is an empowering and important part of identity for its members.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Art of Coding has gotten Demoscene listed by Finland in the National Inventory of Living Heritage, Breakthrough of Digital Culture: Finland accepts the Demoscene on its national UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.<\/a> This means that Demoscene may be the first form of digital culture put forward to UNESCO as a candidate intangible cultural heritage (ICH).<\/p>\n

In a previous blog post I argued that ICH is a form of culture that would be hard to digitize by definition. I could be proved wrong with Demoscene. Or it could be that what makes Demoscene ICH is not the digital demos, but the intangible cultural scene, which is not digital.<\/p>\n

Either way, it is interesting to see how digital practices are also becoming intangible culture that could disappear.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about Demoscene from these links:<\/p>\n