Guest editors: Ana MELRO,  Lídia OLIVEIRA & Ana Carla AMARO

By looking to the past, this special issue aims not only to contribute to the understanding of cultural heritage, but also to reflect on the potential that communication systems can have for its dissemination and preservation. By looking to the future, it aims to contribute so that present and future generations understand the importance of what, later on, will also be cultural heritage, be aware of it and perceive it as a space where they can find ways to combine communication systems and cultural heritage preservation. Assuming, here, a logic of looking to the future.