Digital Humanities Empowering the Opening of Public Educational Resources: Lessons and Insights from the Digital Dunhuang Project
Abstract
As an emerging interdisciplinary field, Digital Humanities provides innovative pathways for the digital preservation of cultural heritage and public educational services through the deep integration of cutting-edge digital technologies and open resource strategies. Taking the nationally significant cultural initiative "Digital Dunhuang" as a case study, this paper systematically examines the pivotal role of Digital Humanities in high-precision digital acquisition, intelligent information processing, and the establishment of multi-level collaborative mechanisms. This study examines how these methodologies have promoted the worldwide dissemination, pedagogical implementation, and long-term use of Dunhuang's artistic assets. Our research demonstrates that the "Digital Dunhuang" initiative not only employs theoretical models like open education, public goods, and situated learning to shift cultural heritage from static conservation to dynamic revitalization, but also greatly improves dissemination effectiveness and educational impact by building a comprehensive digital resource platform and interdisciplinary collaborative networks. This successful practice offers replicable and scalable systemic solutions and implementation paradigms for digitally preserving cultural heritage and developing public educational resources nationally and globally.
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