“On the road again”: An Experimental Media Archaeology journey to the origins of transnational television in Europe

in Journal of European Television History and Culture (2018), 8(13),

This video documents the authors’ journey back to the origins of transnational television in Europe. Inspired by the idea of experimental media archaeology (EMA), the trip to original locations of the ... [more ▼]

This video documents the authors’ journey back to the origins of transnational television in Europe. Inspired by the idea of experimental media archaeology (EMA), the trip to original locations of the transnational media event known as ‘Paris-week’ in 1952 illustrates a new approach to media historiography, which aims to sensitize television historians for the material remains, topography and physical spaces of early television transmissions. Readers /viewers are invited to watch the different episodes of the authors’ journey by clicking on the figures. [less ▲]

Per un’archeologia dei media sperimentale. Note epistemologiche e metodologiche sugli esperimenti con le tecnologie mediali del passato

in Fidotta, Guiseppe; Mariani, Andrea (Eds.) Plexus 1: Archeologia dei media Temporalità, materia, tecnologia. (2018)

Materializing Memories. Dispositifs, Generations, Amateurs

Book published by Bloomsbury (2018)

A multitude of devices and technological tools now exist to make, share, and store memories and moments with family, friends, and even strangers. Memory practices such as home movies, which originated as ... [more ▼]

A multitude of devices and technological tools now exist to make, share, and store memories and moments with family, friends, and even strangers. Memory practices such as home movies, which originated as the privilege of a few, well-to-do families, have now emerged as ubiquitous and immediate cultures of sharing. Departing from the history of home movies, this volume offers a sophisticated understanding of technologically mediated, mostly ritualized memory practices, from early beginnings in the fin-de-siècle to today. Departing from a longue durée perspective on home movie practices, Materializing Memories moves beyond a strict historical study to grapple with highly theorized fields, such as media studies, memory studies, and science and technology studies (STS). The contributors to this volume reflect on these different intellectual backgrounds and perspectives, but all chapters share a common framework by addressing practices of use, user configurations, and relevant media landscapes. Grasping the cultural dynamics of such multi-faceted practices requires a multidimensional conceptual approach, here achieved by centering around three concepts as central analytical lenses: dispositifs, generations, and amateurs. [less ▲]

Doing Experimental Media Archaeology. Epistemological and Methodological Reflections on Experiments with Historical Objects of Media Technologies

in Goodall, Mark; Roberts, Ben (Eds.) New Media Archaeologies (2018)

The aim of this chapter is to outline experimental media archaeology as an alternative method to a sense and object-oriented technology and media historiography. The epistemological potential of an object ... [more ▼]

The aim of this chapter is to outline experimental media archaeology as an alternative method to a sense and object-oriented technology and media historiography. The epistemological potential of an object and sense-oriented experimental access to the fijield of the history of media and technology will be discussed here on the basis of experiences in the history of science and historically informed music performances. The heart of the chapter is formed by a discussion of a series of media archaeological experiments executed by the authors in search for alternative ways to draft historical statements on past media practices. In these experiments, they focus on the materiality of past-media devices, beyond their function as sign and evidence of the past, and on the heuristic possibilities offfered by an experimental approach to these devices. [less ▲]

Table ronde conclusive | Conclusive Round Table

Speeches/Talks (2017)

Entre vérité et dire du vrai. Ein geschichtstheoretischer Grenzgang

in Fickers, Andreas (Ed.) Jeux sans frontières? Grenzgänge der Geschichtswissenschaft (2017)

This article reflects on the borderline between factual and fictional storytelling in history, arguing that the different narrative formats of historical storytelling are based on narrative conventions ... [more ▼]

This article reflects on the borderline between factual and fictional storytelling in history, arguing that the different narrative formats of historical storytelling are based on narrative conventions that play with rhetorical and stylistic strategies of authentification and objectivation. [less ▲]

Einleitung

in Fickers, Andreas; Haude, Rüdiger; Krebs, Stefan (Eds.) et al Jeux sans Frontières? - Grenzgänge der Geschichtswissenschaft (2017)

Technologien der Deplatzierung im Zeitalter der mobilen Privatisierung

Presentation (2017, October 06)

Pre-Conference Workshop #3 : Experimental Media Archaeology

Presentation (2017, June 28)

Colloque international « Questions sur l’avenir du travail de mémoire »

Presentation (2017, January 20)