“Some Account of an Extraordinary Traveller”: Using Virtual Tours to Access Remote Heritage Sites of Inuit Cultural Knowledge

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Authors: Dawson, Peter C., Porter, Cecilia, Gadbois, Denis, Keith, Darren, Hughes, Colleen, Suluk, Luke
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones (CIÉRA) 2018
• Subjects: Digital heritage; virtual tour; oral history; Inuit; heritage at risk; Arctic; Patrimoine digital; tour virtuel; histoire orale; patrimoine à risque; Arctique; Traveller; Voit; Arctique*; Arviat; Études/Inuit/Studies; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1064503ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1064503ar

The use of panoramic images to transport viewers to remote geographic locations can be traced back to the panorama theatres of nineteenth-century Victorian London. More recently, Google’s World Wonders Project has utilized 360-degree panospheres to capture some of the world’s most famous heritage si...