| Reference : Hybrid Histories: Technologies of Memory and the Cultural Dynamics of Home Movies, 18... |
| Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference | |||
| Arts & humanities : History | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/36949 | |||
| Hybrid Histories: Technologies of Memory and the Cultural Dynamics of Home Movies, 1895-2005 (presentation) | |
| English | |
van der Heijden, Tim  [University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > >] | |
| 25-May-2018 | |
| No | |
| Yes | |
| International | |
| Amateur Film Workshop 'Researching Amateur Film Cultures – Methods and Materials' | |
| 25-05-2018 to 26-05-2018 | |
| Philipps-Universität Marburg | |
| Marburg | |
| Germany | |
| [en] Home movies ; Amateur film ; Media history | |
| [en] In this presentation, I will present my PhD dissertation on the cultural dynamics of home movies in the twentieth century. In my research, I have investigated how various generations have recorded their memories on film, video and digital media, and, more specifically, how changes in these “technologies of memory” have shaped new forms of home movie making and screening. Covering the period from the invention of the film camera in the late nineteenth century, the introduction of 9.5mm, 16mm, 8mm small-gauges and Super 8 film technologies for amateurs, via home video to digital media technologies, this study addresses the complex interrelations between the materiality of film, video and digital media technologies, their social usages and cultural meanings from a long-term historical perspective. Focusing on specific periods of transition, it becomes clear that different media technologies, user practices and discourses not only succeed each other in time, but also increasingly interrelate, interact or even transform each other. Maintaining both a diachronic and a synchronic perspective on media transitions, I propose an alternative form of media historiography that rethinks media histories beyond the frameworks of change and continuity by perceiving hybridity as a constant factor in media historical development. | |
| Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Digital History & Historiography (DHI) | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/36949 |
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