Hands on Media History : : A New Methodology in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

• Author: Hall, Nick.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ellis, John.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2019.; Ã2020.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- Introduction: what is hands on media history? -- PART I Media histories -- 1 Why hands on history matters -- 2 Bringing the living back to life: what happens when we reenact the recent past? -- 3 A blind date with the past: transforming television documentary practice into a research method -- 4 (De)habituation histories: how to re-sensitize media historians -- 5 (Un)certain ghosts: rephotography and historical images -- PART II User communities -- 6 Photography against the Anthropocene: the anthotype as a call for action -- 7 On the performance of playback for dead media devices -- 8 The archaeology of the Walkman: audience perspectives and the roots of mobile media intimacy -- 9 Extended play: hands on with 40 years of English amusement arcades -- 10 Enriching 'hands on history' through community dissemination: a case study of the Pebble Mill project -- PART III Labs, archives and museums -- 11 The Media Archaeology Lab as platform for undoing and reimagining media history -- 12 Reflections and reminiscences: tactile encounters and participatory research with vintage media technology in the museum -- 13 A vision in Bakelite: exploring the aesthetic, material and operational potential of the Bush TV22 -- 14 Hands on circuits: preserving the semantic surplus of circuit-level functionality with programmable logic devices -- Index.