2009 Fall VISUALST 270S-01
Bulletin Course Description Explores impact of new media on the nature of archives as technologies of cultural memory and knowledge production. Sustained engagement with major theorists of the archive through the optics of "media specificity¿ and the analytical resources of visual studies. Themes include: ¿storage capacity¿ of media; database as cultural form; body as archive; new media and the documentation of ¿everyday life¿; memory, counter-memory and the politics of the archive; archival materiality and digital ephemerality. Primary focus on visual artifacts (image, moving image) with consideration of the role of other sensory modalities in the construction of individual, institutional and collective memory. Instructor: Olson
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Title NEW MEDIA, MEMORY AND ARCHIVE Department VISUALST Course Number 2009 Fall 270S Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Olson,Mark J Prerequisites
Synopsis of course content
"New Media, Memory and the Visual Archive" considers the impact of new media on the nature of archives as material technological platforms for cultural memory and knowledge production. Though a sustained engagement with major theorists of the archive alongside the analytical resources of visual and new media studies, this course will explore several intertwining themes, including the “storage capacity” of media; the "media specificity" of the archive; the database as cultural form; the body as archive; new media and the documentation of “everyday life”; memory, counter-memory and the politics of the archive; and archival materiality in the context of digital ephemerality. Our primary focus will be on visual artifacts (image, moving image) with consideration of the role of other sensory modalities in the construction of individual, institutional and collective memory.
