At the Borders of (Film) History. Archaeology, Temporality, Theories

Contributions in English and French. FilmForum/2014 : XXI Convegno internazionale di studi sul cinema = XXI International Film Studies Conference: Università di Udine. Dipartimento di storia e tutela dei beni culturali.Due to its long and interdisciplinary tradition and the international network supporting it, FilmForum is seen as one of the most relevant annual conference in Europe in the domain of film and media studies.The XXI Udine International Film Studies Conference has been thought of as an occasion to exchange different, sometimes contrasting, views from at least three generations of film historians.This book collects and testifies those brilliant and unpredictable outcomes. The volume is divided into five sections pivoting on five dichotomies, which want to emphasise the dialectical nature of the dialogue we attempted to dig for.Even though media archaeology seems to be nowadays the new orthodoxy in film studies, the dialectical approach we opt for has been aimed at underlining both contrasts and incongruities to scratch the surface of an apparently well-grounded, undisputed harmony.Surprisingly enough, the most concerned chapters with media archaeology, written by the same protagonists of this turn, are also the most critical, if not controversial, in dealing uncritically with that methodology.At the same time, the most empiricist, traditional chapters, whose approach does not share media archaeological anxieties, nonetheless prove an underground concern with the very same issues at the heart of media archaeology debate. Atti del XXI Convegno internazionale di studi sul cinema, Udine, 2-4 aprile 2014 In uno scenario trasformato dalle conseguenze della rivoluzione digitale, il mestiere dello storico del cinema talmente mutato da rendere indispensabile una riflessione di largo respiro sulle teorie, i metodi e le pratiche attraverso le quali oggi si pu operare. Il volume, in inglese e francese, riunisce i contributi di esponenti di scuole diverse, a volte divergenti, in un dialogo sul fare storia e offre una panoramica approfondita e vivace dei pi rilevanti processi in corso che stanno ridefinendo la storiografia cinematografica.