Historical Society
Bryan Gray and Sarah “Intellagirl”
Robbins
Media Sauce
November 5, 2007
Digital
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
INSTANTMESSAGES
PERSONAL VIDEO
THE EVENT
History has become
•Hypermediated•(Anti)Temporal•Participatory•Prosumer
Hypermediated
ONE EVENT – MANY MEDIA
•VIDEO•BLOGS•PODCASTS•GAMES
(Anti)Temporal
Wayback Machine – Yahoo 1996
Participatory
Project Gutenberg
Prosumer
Wikipedia
Voice Thread
Anyone can open a digital museum
STUMP THE GEEK!!