A Narrative Environment Model for the Sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage Under the 5G Era

Abstract

With the arrival of the fifth-generation mobile networks (5G) era, it has been widely acknowledged that innovative technology has been involved in many aspects, such as social, culture and economy. In this context, the culture creative industries (CCI) are becoming increasingly fused with technologies. As intangible cultural heritage is recognized as a branch of CCI, to what extent and how technology serves as a tool in safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage (ICH), and what media can ICH interact with the audience should be considered. This study contributes to fill this gap and solve the issues by aiming at the Chinese ICH, thereby exploring a narrative environment model for the sustainability of ICH at World Heritage Sites (WHSs) based on the narratology and narrative environment theory under the 5G Era. The practical possibilities drew on the literature review and a develop model based on the narratology theory thereby contributing to the overall aim of this research. It was discovered that 5G technology applied to an interactive narrative space could probably promote the inheritance and protection for ICH and enhance the immersive audience experience in museums.