Archiving Digital Narrative: Some Issues

Critical Writing
Author: 
Tom Abba
Language: 
English
URL: 
Archiving Digital Narrative: Some Issues
DOI: 
10.1177/1354856511433687
Journal volume and issue: 
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 18(2) 121-125
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Not yet reviewed
Tags: 
digital storytellinglost workdigital preservation
Abstract (in English): 

The complexities of archiving digital content, particularly those story forms reliant on multiple platforms, highlights technical, cultural and curatorial issues that remain difficult to reconcile coherently. Seeking to frame the issues within this special Debates section, this essay outlines issues facing the field of digital storytelling; examining narrative form, instantiation and subsequent archival.

Works referenced:

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afternoon, a story Michael Joyce 1990
Patchwork Girl Shelley Jackson 1995
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Critical writing referenced:

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Close Reading New Media: Analyzing Electronic Literature 2003
Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature Espen Aarseth 1997
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Title Author Publisher Year
Paper or Pixel: Revisiting Geoff Ryman’s 253 Sarah Thorne 2021

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