Digital Memory and the Archive
Digital Memory and the Archive In the popular imagination, archives are remote, largely obsolete institutions: either antiquated, inevitably dusty libraries or sinister repositories of personal…
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Digital Memory and the Archive
In the popular imagination, archives are remote, largely obsolete institutions: either antiquated, inevitably dusty libraries or sinister repositories of personal secrets maintained by police states. Rather than being deleted, e-mails and other computer files are archived. Yet the archive is now a ubiquitous feature of digital life.
Digital Memory and the Archive, the first English-language collection of the German media theorist's work, brings together essays that present Ernst's controversial materialist approach to media theory and history. Media software and cloud storage allow for the instantaneous cataloging and preservation of data, from music, photographs, and videos to personal information gathered by social media sites.In this digital landscape, the archival-oriented media theories of Wolfgang Ernst are particularly relevant. His insights are central to the
Archive and the Repertoire
Memory and the Mediterranean
The Archive Undying
The Memory
Antarctica, Art and Archive
Digital Fiction and the Unnatural