{"product_id":"media-archaeology-9780520262744","title":"Media Archaeology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. This book helps us understand how the media that predate interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating addition to work carried out in the social sciences.\" Information, Communication \u0026amp; Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments  1. Introduction: An Archaeology of Media Archaeology Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka  Part I: Engines of\/in the Imaginary  2. Dismantling the Fairy Engine: Media Archaeology as Topos Study Erkki Huhtamo  3. On the Archaeology of Imaginary Media Eric Kluitenberg  4. On the Origins of the Origins of the Influencing Machine Jeffrey Sconce  5. Freud and the Technical Media: The Enduring Magic of the Wunderblock Thomas Elsaesser  Part II: (Inter)facing Media 6. The \"Baby Talkie,\" Domestic Media, and the Japanese Modern  Machiko Kusahara  7. The Observer's Dilemma: To Touch or Not to Touch  Wanda Strauven  8. The Game Player's Duty: The User as the Gestalt of the Ports Claus Pias  9. The Enduring Ephemeral, or The Future Is a Memory  Wendy Hui Kyong Chun  Part III: Between Analogue and Digital 10. Erased Dots and Rotten Dashes, or How to Wire Your Head for a Preservation Paul DeMarinis  11. Media Archaeography: Method and Machine versus History and Narrative of Media Wolfgang Ernst  12. Mapping Noise: Techniques and Tactics of Irregularities, Interception, and Disturbance Jussi Parikka  13. Objects of Our Affection: How Object Orientation Made Computers a Medium Casey Alt  14. Digital Media Archaeology: Interpreting Computational Processes Noah Wardrip-Fruin  15. Afterword: Media Archaeology and Re-presencing the Past Vivian Sobchack  Contributors Selected Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402842054999,"sku":"9780520262744","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520262744.jpg?v=1730481663","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/media-archaeology-9780520262744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}