Sign here! : handwriting in the age of new media

Will handwriting survive the evolution of digital media? __Sign Here__ explores the changing role of manual writing in a world of e-mail, text messaging, and other digital technology. In a series of fascinating essays, media scholars examine the changing concepts of originality, authenticity, and uniqueness—both culturally and legally—as digital media continue to rapidly expand. Sign Here! Handwriting in the Age of New Media features a number of articles from different fields, reaching from cultural and media studies to literature, film and art, and from philosophy and information studies to law and archival studies. Questions addressed in this book are: Will handwriting disappear in the age of new (digital) media? What happens to important cultural and legal concepts, such as original, copy, authenticity, reproducibility, uniqueness, and iterability? Where is the writing hand to be located if handwriting is performed not immediately 'by hand' but when it is (re)mediated by electronic or artistic media? Sign Here! Handwriting in the Age of New Media is the first part in the series Transformations in Art and Culture. Zal het handschrift verdwijnen in het tijdperk van de nieuwe (digitale) media? En wat gebeurt er dan met culturele en juridische concepten als originaliteit, imitatie, authenticiteit, reproductie, uniciteit en herhaling? Waar moeten we de schrijvende hand localiseren als het schrijven niet 'handmatig' wordt uitgevoerd maar door een tweede medium? En wat is de relatie van het handschrift tot dit tweede medium waarin het wordt afgebeeld, gereproduceerd of misschien zelfs verbeterd? In Sign Here! gaan de auteurs in op deze en andere vragen over de toekomst van het handschrift Sign here! : handwriting in the age of technical reproduction : introduction / José van Dijck and Sonja Neef Authentic events : the diaries of Anne Frank and the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler / Sonja Neef The authority of drawing : hand, authenticity, and authorship / Michael Wetzel Authenticity and objectivity in scientific communication : implications of digital media / John Mackenzie Owen Authenticity in bits and bytes / Hannelore Dekeyser Signature identity content : handwriting in an age of digital remediation / Richard Grusin Writing the self : of diaries and weblogs / José van Dijck Hands on the document : Arnold Dreyblatt's T archive / Arnold Dreyblatt and Jeffrey Wallen Faithfully submitted : the logic of the signature in Marcel Proust's A la recherche / Mieke Bal (Hand)writing film history : Saul Bass draws Martin Scorsese in a title sequence and writes his name underneath / Rembert Hüser Writing on archiving machines / Eric Ketelaar Blood samples and fingerprint files : blood as artificial matter, artistic material, and means of the signature / Thomas Fechner-Smarsly Writing over the body, writing with the body : on Shirin Neshat's Women of Allah series / Begüm Özden Firat Perfor/m/ative writing : tattoo, mark, signature / Sonja Neef. "Sign Here! Handwriting in the Age of New Media features a number of articles from different fields, reaching from cultural and media studies to literature, film and art, and from philosophy and information studies to law and archival studies. Questions addressed in this book are: Will handwriting disappear in the age of new (digital) media? What happens to important cultural and legal concepts, such as original, copy, authenticity, reproducibility, uniqueness, and iterability? Where is the writing hand to be located if handwriting is performed not immediately 'by hand' but when it is (re)mediated by electronic or artistic media? Sign Here! Handwriting in the Age of New Media is the first part in the series Transformations in Art andCulture"--Description de l’éditeur

will Handwriting Survive The Evolution Of Digital Media? sign Here explores The Changing Role Of Manual Writing In A World Of E-mail, Text Messaging, And Other Digital Technology. In A Series Of Fascinating Essays, Media Scholars Examine The Changing Concepts Of Originality, Authenticity, And Uniqueness—both Culturally And Legally—as Digital Media Continue To Rapidly Expand.

A fascinating exploration of the evolution of such concepts as originality and authenticity in the age of new media, including a contribution from Mieke Bal.