Anarchival Materiality in Film Archives

Toward an Anthropology of the Multimodal

Bibliographic Data

ID12409883
AuthorsT Lynn Smith (0000-0002-1619-6867, corresponding author), Kate Hennessy (0000-0002-3303-1669)
Year2020
Volume36
Issue1
Pages113-136
Publication date2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVisual Anthropology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1058-7187 • E-ISSN: 1548-7458
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/var.12196
OpenAlexW3039690329
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited28

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