Field Reconstruction and Collaborative Governance: Modern Transformation of the Activation and Utilization of Urban Red Cultural Heritage in the Era of Digital Intelligence

A Study Based on Guangzhou as the "Source of Revolution"

Abstract

Against the dual backdrop of the in-depth implementation of the national cultural digitization strategy and the modernization of the governance system, red cultural heritage, as a key carrier of urban collective memory and an important space for political socialization, faces the epochal proposition of transforming from "static protection" to "dynamic inheritance." The rapid development of digital intelligence technology has provided technological empowerment for this transformation, but it has also triggered profound structural changes in the existential state and communication field of heritage. As the source of the modern Chinese democratic revolution and a pioneer of reform and opening up, Guangzhou possesses extremely unique and rich red cultural resources. However, under the traditional administrative-led governance model, it still faces deep-seated contradictions such as "data islands" caused by low digitization levels, "meaning fracture" triggered by obsolete narrative methods, and "subject absence" resulting from insufficient social participation. Based on Pierre Bourdieu's sociological "Field" theory and the "Collaborative Governance" theory of modern public management, this paper constructs an analytical framework of "Technology-Field-Governance." The study deeply analyzes how digital intelligence technology acts as a "meta-medium" to promote the transformation of red culture from a closed physical field to a virtual-real symbiotic composite field through the virtual extension of physical space, the embodied reorganization of social relations, and the semantic reconstruction of historical meaning. The paper further points out that simple technological embedding is insufficient to solve the inheritance crisis; it is necessary to transcend technological determinism and build a multi-subject collaborative governance pattern featuring "government meta-governance, university knowledge supply, enterprise technological innovation, and public presence participation." Finally, the paper proposes specific paths such as establishing a blockchain-based trusted data space, an integrated innovation ecosystem of industry-academia-research-application, and a localized emotional identification network, aiming to provide theoretical support and institutional solutions for Guangzhou to polish the brand of "Source of Revolution" and realize the modern transformation of red cultural heritage activation and utilization.