Spårlösa handlingar : Att arbeta med historiskt källmaterial som inte åldras

• Digital archives, a computer game on an old console, say, age differently than their analog counterparts, such as a board game in a box. While aging is apparent in hardware, boxes, the subject matter, cultural references, writing style, artistic design, technical limitations and so on, the game itself as displayed on the screen shows no signs of aging. In other words, digital archives bear the "marks of antiquity" but there is no "look of age". Whatever happens on screen appears as new as it ever did to prior users. No traces of previous use can be found. This has to do with how digital objects come together as a process. The question is: what consequences does the absence of 'look of age' have for historians working with digital archives? In what ways does it matter that signs of prior use cannot be located, i.e. that the history of the research artifacts themselves cannot be stored in the archive?

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Övrig annan humaniora (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Other Humanities not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

digital humanities

digital decay

wear

tear

aging

age

trace

archival theory

digitalization

digitization

lowenthal

kirschenbaum

History of Science, Technology and Environment

Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)