The Lessons of <i>Counterpoint</i>
The writings of the German scholar Wolfgang Ernst have become increasingly influential within media archaeology in recent years. His work adopts a strongly techno-centric approach and identifies archives as important study centres. Paradoxically, practical archival evidence is sometimes lacking with...
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Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
2015-09-01
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| description | The writings of the German scholar Wolfgang Ernst have become increasingly influential within media archaeology in recent years. His work adopts a strongly techno-centric approach and identifies archives as important study centres. Paradoxically, practical archival evidence is sometimes lacking within Ernst’s output. This paper uses evidence from a recent television archive project to examine aspects of Ernst’s approach. This exercise sought to uncover source material relating to a Northern Irish current affairs series, Counterpoint (1978-96), which had been badly affected by videotape wiping. Its methodology utilised a strongly materialistic approach to successfully recover ‘lost’ archival artefacts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6752d699ae724a8ca4df126bc3716dae2022-12-21T18:12:49ZengNetherlands Institute for Sound and VisionVIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture2213-09692015-09-01471110.18146/2213-0969.2015.jethc078The Lessons of <i>Counterpoint</i>Griffin, KenThe writings of the German scholar Wolfgang Ernst have become increasingly influential within media archaeology in recent years. His work adopts a strongly techno-centric approach and identifies archives as important study centres. Paradoxically, practical archival evidence is sometimes lacking within Ernst’s output. This paper uses evidence from a recent television archive project to examine aspects of Ernst’s approach. This exercise sought to uncover source material relating to a Northern Irish current affairs series, Counterpoint (1978-96), which had been badly affected by videotape wiping. Its methodology utilised a strongly materialistic approach to successfully recover ‘lost’ archival artefacts.https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/2213-0969.2015.jethc078/ |
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