Digitale Metaquellen und doppelte Reflexivität

Article for general public (2016)

Zeit-Räume im langen 19. Jahrhundert. Erfahrungen von Verdichtung, Beschleunigung und Beharrung

in Lejeune, Carlo (Ed.) Code Civil, beschleunigte Moderne und Dynamiken des Beharrens im langen 19. Jahrhundert (2016)

Towards an Archaeology of Television

in Journal of European Television History and Culture (2015), 4(7), 1-6

Hands-on! Plädoyer für eine experimentelle Medienarchäologie

in Technikgeschichte (2015), 82(1), 67-85

Inspired by experiences with doing experimental research in the fields of history of science, archaeology and musicology this essay aims at reflecting on the heuristic potential of experimental media ... [more ▼]

Inspired by experiences with doing experimental research in the fields of history of science, archaeology and musicology this essay aims at reflecting on the heuristic potential of experimental media archaeology for a history of technology interested in the sensorial dimension of technology. Based on the concept of re-enactment, experimental media archaeology tries to explore new ways of experiencing and understanding the materiality of media technologies by interacting with these objects in a playful manner. In order to do so, the article argues, we need to de-auratize historical objects and turn the historian – which to often remains within the textual realm when studying the past media practices – into an experimenter and the museum into a laboratory. Ziel dieses Essays ist es, experimentelle Medienarchäologie als alternative Methode einer sinnes- und objektorientierten Technik- und Mediengeschichtsschreibung zu skizzieren. Basierend auf den Erfahrungen im Bereich experimenteller Wissenschaftsgeschichte, der experimentellen Archäologie sowie der historisch informierten Aufführungspraxis in der Musik soll das erkenntnistheoretische Potenzial eines objekt- und sinnesorientierten experimentellen Zugangs im Bereich der Medien- und Technikgeschichte diskutiert werden. In bewusster Abgrenzung von klassischen medienarchäologischen Arbeiten, deren methodologisches Repertoire sich meist in der Diskursanalyse erschöpft, zielt die experimentelle Medienarchäologie auf eine spielerische Heuristik, in deren Mittelpunkt die Methode des „re-enactment“ steht. [less ▲]

"Neither good, nor bad, nor neutral": The Historical Dispositif of Communication Technologies

in Schreiber, Martin; Zimmermann, Clemens (Eds.) Journalism and Technological Change. Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Trends (2014)

Veins filled with the dilluted sap of rationality. A critical reply to Rens Bod

in BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review (2013), 128(4), 155-163

This article argues – in contradiction to the thesis developed by Rens Bod – that the hermeneutic tradition of humanities is not obsolete, especially when trying to understand the opportunities and ... [more ▼]

This article argues – in contradiction to the thesis developed by Rens Bod – that the hermeneutic tradition of humanities is not obsolete, especially when trying to understand the opportunities and challenges of using digital technologies for future research. The practice of digital history will have to be based on the critical analysis of the creation, enrichment, editing and retrieval of digital data as much as on the application of classical source criticism and historical contextualisation. If 'content' or rather 'data' is king in digital humanities, as imagined by Bod, context is its crown – at least for digital historians. [less ▲]

From colour TV war to non-aggression pact: Patents as actants of techno-political diplomacy in a European standardization process

in Arapostathis, Stathis; Dutfield, Graham (Eds.) Knowlegde Management and Intellectual Property. Concepts, Actors and Practices from the Past to the Present (2013)

Sounds Familiar: Intermediality and Remediation in the Written, Sonic and Audiovisual Narratives of Berlin Alexanderplatz

in Bijsterveld, Karin (Ed.) Soundscapes of the Urban Past: Staged Sound as Mediated Cultural Heritage (2013)

Shifting Sounds: Textualization and Dramatization of Urban Soundscapes

in Bijsterveld, Karin (Ed.) Soundscapes of the Urban Past: Staged Sound as Mediated Cultural Heritage (2013)

Veins filled with the Diluted Sap of Rationality: A Critical Reply to Rens Bod

in Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden = BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review (2013), 128(4), 155-163