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"*": "<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\" id=\"mw-diff-left-l1\" >Line 1:</td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"><strong>MediaWiki </del>has <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">been installed</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"></strong></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">This site is dedicated to film and video archaeology or the ''cinemachines'' that </ins>has <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">shaped film history. It is based on my master thesis in Art History called "The Cinemachines as Method" (2016) - which it translates and expands</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u00a0</td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'>\u00a0</td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Contents User's Guide] for information on using </del>the <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki software</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== What is film archaeology? ==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">It is important to distinguish film archaeology from three trends that are closely related to it, yet strictly speaking different from it</ins>: <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Pre-filmic history, </ins>the <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">broad media archaeology and general film history</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u00a0</td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'>\u00a0</td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>== <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Getting started </del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>==<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">= Pre-filmic history ===</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https://www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">One meaning of "archaeology" - for example, as used by Laurent Mannoni - means the study of film history before Lumiere. These are often referred to as "pre-filmic" period, suggesting that "film" is only established with the cinematograph.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* [https://www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">\tWhile film archaeology is highly inspired by pre-filmic history - not at least Werner Nekes' amazing collection and writings by Mannoni and others - these cinemachines are only part of what is called "film archaeology". Contrary to the archaeological approach, I consider many of the devices as filmic as such, listing them within the "optical" or "mechanical" environment of cinemachines. And on the other hand, some devices that are part of this field of study because they are pre-cursors of cinema, are not considered filmic as such (e.g. camera obscura, zoegrascope, etc. - devices which undeniably influenced the development of cinema, but which in themselves are not cinematic).</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https://lists</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https://www.mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">=== Media archaeology =</ins>==</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https://www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how </del>to <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">combat spam on your wiki</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The second trend is media archaeology as formulated by </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Huhtamo] and others</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">These are once again inspiring studies on how media influence each other over time - yet only some are cinematic, while other are not (typewriter and so on)</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">\tThe term "archaeology" in film archaeology is closely related to the Foucault inspired approach in media archaeology</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Foucault criticizes the canonized "history" as a dominant discourse which ignores or rejects the "other stories"</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[</ins>]</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">\t</ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Vilhelm Flusser]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">=== Film history ===</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">As explained above, there's an obvious distinction from film history, because film archaeology tries to challenge the dominant discourse and fragment it into film histories or genealogies</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">But furthermore, I would stress the distinction from film history in the aspect that film archaeology deals with the materialist approach to film history</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">\tThis trend is not new, as others have tried to establish a materialist approach to film history, eg. Barry Salt, </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">cinematic apparatus], study of production systems and so on</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">However, the major distinction from film history is thus</ins>:</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">\tThe primary "objects" of film archaeology is not the film artifacts themselves (whether it's fiction film, experimental film, video installation, a TV commercial, and so on) - it's the cinemachines that create these that are the field of study. Film artifacts as well as demonstrations, manuals, work prints, </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">] are, of course, part of the empirical material that makes the study of cinemachines possible</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">But it is important to notice that the cinemachine is an object in itself, meaning that even machines that has made just one film - or even none - in the traditional sense, can be part of the field</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== The Goal of film archaeology ==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Why this approach then?</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">\tI came </ins>to <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">the film archaeological approach by a different road. My initial concern was with the epistemology of film. [</ins>] <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">I came across mediality studies which provide some very useful tools for analyzing the behavior of a specific medium and comparing it to other. Many of my own observations were suddenly systematic when I found mediality studies and especially Lars Ellestr\u00f6m's model.</ins></div></td></tr>\n"
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