8-10 February 2016 Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD “Media Scholars and Amateurs of All Countries and Disciplines, Hands-on!” * Recent years have witnessed a growing turn to experimental historical research in the history of media technologies. In addition to archival investigation and oral history interviews, historians and enthusiasts are increasingly uncovering histories of … Continue reading
Report conference ‘Changing Platforms of Memory Practices’ As the home movies project draws to a close, the final formal activity of our research group has taken shape in the international conference “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices”, held from 10 to 12 September 2015 at the Van Swinderenhuys in Groningen. With a selection of papers from … Continue reading
Conference: “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices, 10-12 September 2015, Groningen the Netherlands We like to announce our final program for the conference and the exciting pre-conference event here. If you like to join our conference, please follow the following link and choose between the different options available. Please register at: http://changingplatforms.eventbrite.nl/ … Continue reading
Exploring New Methodologies for Media Research, Teaching, and Curating How can we challenge the exclusively textual approaches to media history and opt for a more experimental and hands-on approach to cultural heritage? The University of Groningen’s Film Archive and the Network for Experimental Media Archaeology, focused on media heritage, are working on innovative methodologies for … Continue reading
The “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices” Conference “Changing Platforms” will be an international meeting on the complex relationship between media technologies, user generations, and mediated memory practices from both a contemporary and long term historical perspective. The conference aims to grasp the technical, social and cultural dimensions and changes in the use of technologies of … Continue reading
Dear participants of the conference “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices”, It is now time to register for our conference in September 10 – 12 September. We believe it will be an exciting conference. Keynotes Roger Odin, “Amateur technologies of memory, dispositifs and spaces of communication” ( Université … Continue reading
Call for proposals: We currently witness a process of rapid transition of mediated memory practices. Digital media platforms like YouTube enable the distribution of private audiovisual memories that differ radically from past amateur practices and media uses. The conference aims to grasp the technical, social and cultural dimensions and changes in the use of technologies … Continue reading
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