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These three processes operate simultaneously interlaced and unfold in dialectical tension between the rise of the new (practices, actors, values, ideas), and the maintenance of the old (those structures that already exist). This paper delves into the paths through which such interlace dynamics and tension might reshape the principles by which canonicity develops, as well as poses open questions about the challenges facing us, which should be discussed in further studies and approaches to the problem.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/mti2020025","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,14]],"date-time":"2018-05-14T02:57:20Z","timestamp":1526266640000},"page":"25","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Canon, Value, and Cultural Heritage: New Processes of Assigning Value in the Postdigital Realm"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Nuria","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Ortega","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Historia del Arte, Universidad de M\u00e1laga, 29016 M\u00e1laga, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Mansfield, E. 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