1. From Cybercolonialism to Cyberglocalization: A Virtual Shifting of Cultural Identity on National Museum Websites Mary Leigh Morbey York University

2. Framed by the notions of cybercolonialism – a colonizing of cultures by an array of computing ideologies, and cyberglocalization – an adapting of global cyber processes to local circumstances

3. The paper asks: How are the ideological influences, cultural pressures, and structural constraints originating in computing and related ideologies giving shape to theoretical, cultural, and applied website developments of the State Hermitage Museum and the Louvre Museum?

4. The central premise is that digital technology is a cultural construction, and it carries and generates cultural discourses related to its construction and place of application as is illustrated in the study of the two museums.

5. Theoretical framing and literature Methodological processes

6. A Tale of Two Museums

7. The story of the State Hermitage Museum at http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/

8. The tale of the Louvre Museum at http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

9. Similarities and differences of the two museum websites

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