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Big Ideas Series: Artistic Practice and the Archive
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Big Ideas Series: Artistic Practice and the Archive
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45 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
In this seminar, Professor Andrew Prescott explores the ways in which artistic practice can help us re-imagine the archive and the contents of the collections they hold. Drawing on the work of different contemporary artists, Professor Prescott argues that new technologies enable us to rethink the shape, structure, and character of the records we collect.
Professor Andrew Prescott is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Glasgow and Theme Leader Fellow for the Arts and Humanities Research Council strategic theme of ‘Digital Transformations’.
Our Big Ideas seminar series is funded by the Friends of The National Archives.
Released:
Mar 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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