Anarchival Materiality in Film Archives

Toward an Anthropology of the Multimodal

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12409883
AutoresT Lynn Smith (0000-0002-1619-6867, autor de correspondencia), Kate Hennessy (0000-0002-3303-1669)
Año2020
Volumen36
Número1
Páginas113-136
Fecha de publicación2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaVisual Anthropology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1058-7187 • E-ISSN: 1548-7458
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/var.12196
OpenAlexW3039690329
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas28

In this article, we propose an anthropology of the multimodal, based on research‐creation work in fugitive film archives. We foreground the material dimension of anthropological research and describe film technology and its use in anthropology as ideologically and materially situated. Through our work with magenta film, we theorize anarchival materiality as a force of entropy in archives and collections. Attention to anarchival materiality raises questions about the persistence and reliability of the products of contemporary multimodal practices in anthropology

Aesthetics · Art · Ideology · Materiality (auditing · Political science · Situated · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Artificial Intelligence