Media archeology and a new agenda for cinema studies

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2020.1.37720

Keywords:

Media archeology, Film history, Film theory, Thomas Elsaesser, Genealogy

Abstract

Review of the book Cinema as Archeology of the Media, by Thomas Elsaesser, released in 2018. This is an important work for the current agenda of cinema studies. With a consistent argument, Elsaesser suggests an understanding of the impact of digital technology on cinema from an archaeological perspective, which has on historical discontinuity one of its epitomes. Under this circumstances, the author revisits essential concepts and methodologies of cinema studies, such as device, language and narrative, cinema origins, research with audiences, viewers and even the impact of the so-called “cinema of attractions”, in the “early cinema” period. While reviewing these these concepts, Elsaesser points out that the study of discontinuities may have a profound impact on contemporary film studies. The German author also presents the concept of poetics of obsoloscence, emphasizing filmmakers and visual artists with aesthetic projects akin to media archeology.

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Author Biography

Pablo Gonçalo, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brasil.

Doutor em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), no Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Pós-doutorado EM Comunicação pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Professor da Universidade de Brasília (UnB), em Brasília, DF, Brasil.

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Published

2020-12-17

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Gonçalo, P. (2020). Media archeology and a new agenda for cinema studies. Revista FAMECOS, 27(1), e37720. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2020.1.37720

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2020): Single Number

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Review

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