Week 11: Archive

Mandatory Reading

• De Kosnik, A. (2021). Rogue archives: Digital cultural memory and media fandom. MIT Press.
  • Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Break 3
• Cifor, M. (2022). Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS. U of Minnesota Press.
  • Introduction; Chapter 5; Epilogue

Further Reading

• Ogden, J. (2021). “Everything on the internet can be saved”: Archive Team, Tumblr and the cultural significance of web archiving. Internet Histories, 6(1–2), 113–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2021.1985835

Rationale

Is any topic about digital culture unrelated to the issue of archives? In this sense, this module serves as yet another methodology section and asks: Why do people build and maintain digital archives? As a result, this module's selection focuses on affect, memory, nostalgia, queer time and place, and social justice in archival studies. If we consider the question of "How do people utilize and modify digital archives," other possible directions could include keywords like "NSFW," "trigger warnings," and "content moderation."