Archive

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It is a hands-on course that will lead to the creation of the DKU/Kunshan documentary archive. It will be led by a series of guest lectures, fieldtrips, and fieldwork. As a student of this class you will add to this archive through the act of curation, creation, and outreach. This course will answer the following questions: What is an archive? What is the power of the archive? Who decides what gets put in an archive? What gets left out? The guest lecturers are professionals with backgrounds in curation, archiving, dying and extinct languages, media and medium studies, documentary, and anthropology. 001579