Prototyping Absence:A Methodology for Media History

Tiffany Chan | @TiffChan29University of Victoria English | MLabHASTAC 2016 | Arizona State University | 12 May 2016

Prototyping the Past

1) Resists nostalgia, glorification, or re-enactment

2) May be premised on not replicating history, what not to repeat

3) Tests suspicions by grounding them in matter and fine-grained details

4) Recognizes how many aspects of technology and history exceed our control, access, and understanding

Thank You

With thanks to: Jentery Sayers (co-author), Katherine Goertz, Danielle Morgan, Victoria Murawski, HASTAC, Arizona State University