Use and Reuse of the Digital Archive

Potts, John

This book examines the use and re-use of digital archives in a unique manner, by combining theoretical and practical approaches to the contemporary digital archive. The book brings together a range of writers - specialising in media and cultural studies, contemporary art and art history, digital and networked culture, library and museum studies - to explore the cultural impact of digital archives. Several of the essays describe the process of constructing a digital archive as a specific case study – in digitising a physical archive and designing a searchable digital database as the core of the digital archive. Other chapters explore the cultural significance of digital archives in more general theoretical terms. These considerations include: the specific properties of the digital archive; its similarities and differences to the traditional paper-based archive; the ethical decisions made in the design of an archive; and the potential for creative re-use of online archived materials.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2021-09-01

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030795221

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79523-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 167