Stirrings In The Archives: Order From Disorder

Like most of Wolfgang Ernst's work, Das Rumoren der Archiv explored the concept of archival and media theory from a current cultural digital context. Ernst challenges the traditional perspective of the cultural heritage institution and how it relied on media for creating, storing and disseminating digital information. Archives have a place in a digital society, and the archivist's role will be more increasingly vital in the future. As Ernst points out, his work will show a way out of the archive, away from the notion that the era of archive is coming to an end. Here is the long-awaited English translation of this seminal work exploring cultural heritage before the archives, throughout history, and from today into the future. Ernst work emphasized a need to recognize media as a method for capturing and preserving our collective cultural identity. It is vital that archivists promoted a greater awareness of how media technology augmented the creation, management, and dissemination of digital content.

• • Author: Wolfgang Ernst
• • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• • Publication Date: Aug 14, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 108 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1442253959
• • ISBN-13: 9781442253957