Preservation Begins at Creation: Integrating an Embedded Digital Archivist Within an Academic Media Art Program
Symposium:
Session Title:
- Summit on New Media Art Archiving: Papers
Presentation Title:
- Preservation Begins at Creation: Integrating an Embedded Digital Archivist Within an Academic Media Art Program
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Abstract:
One of the key insights from the InterPARES project investigating the preservation of electronic records was the observa-tion that preservation begins at (record) creation. While the numerous challenges of preserving media art are documented to some extent, the literature largely reflects a conservation paradigm wherein actions are taken to repair damaged works. The proposal to integrate an embedded digital archivist within an academic media art program instead adopts a preservation lens with the intent of reducing or preventing the degradation of media art by equipping students with digital preservation skills early on in their artistic career.
