Introduction to Moving Image Archiving and Preservation

(3-4 Credits)

This course introduces and contextualizes all aspects of the field, and shows how they fit together. It discusses the media themselves (including technology, history, and contextualization within culture, politics, and economics) Topics include: conservation and preservation principles, organization and access, daily practice with physical artifacts, restoration, curatorship and programming, legal issues and copyright, and new media issues. Students will learn the importance of other types of materials (manuscripts, correspondence, stills, posters, scripts, etc.). Theories of collecting and organizing (as well as their social meanings) will be introduced.