Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins

Preserving Culture Through Media

15,000 - 10,000 BC

3000 BC

900 BC

400-600 AD

1452 CE

1877

The Roundhay Garden Scene by the Louis Le Prince. 1888

Digitization = Conservation

How do we conserve this?

BLOGS

COMMENTS

REMIXES

INSTANT MESSAGES

PERSONAL VIDEO

THE EVENT

History has become

• Hypermediated • (Anti)Temporal • Participatory • Prosumer

Hypermediated

ONE EVENT – MANY MEDIA

• VIDEO • BLOGS • PODCASTS • GAMES

(Non)Temporal (Non) Geographical

Wayback Machine – Yahoo 1996

Twitter

Dresden Gallery in Second Life

NASA Spaceflight Museum in Second Life

Participatory

Project Gutenberg

Prosumer

Wikipedia

Voice Thread

Anyone can open a digital museum

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