An Archaeology of the Media

“our conception of the past depend on what kinds of questions we ask” p.63

Technology gives us the dream world & the reality of a society

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History is about the present

Artefacts in context

Media archaeology

Topoi: from kaleidoscope maniac to cybernerd

Representation vs reality

“Media are not fixed objects: they have no natural

edges. They area constructed complexes of habits, beliefs, and procedures embedded in elaborate cultural codes of communication.”

“The history of media is never more or less than the history of their uses, which always lead us away from them to the social practises and conflicts they illuminate.”

(Marvin, quoted in Huhtamo, p. 66)

The point