The past as television: are television programmes more than nostalgic ephemera

John Ellis; Aldo Grasso

The past as television: are television programmes more than nostalgic ephemera

John Ellis, Aldo Grasso (Editor)

Department of Media Arts

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Abstract

There is a branch of history called archaeology. The source of information that archaeologists value most highly is what they call a “midden”, known to the rest of us as a heap of rubbish. To an archaeologist, all of this rubbish is valuable as evidence of concrete patterns of existence, providing a sense of what it felt to be alive in a particular historical moment. The same holds true for television.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fare storia con la televisione
Place of Publication	Milan
Pages	167-172
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

television
programmes
history
understanding
knowledge

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