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Phillip Iv Painting Part Of South Carolina Colonial History, Chester B. Depratter
Phillip Iv Painting Part Of South Carolina Colonial History, Chester B. Depratter
Faculty & Staff Publications
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Savannah River Archaeological Research Program Debuts New Film, George Wingard
Savannah River Archaeological Research Program Debuts New Film, George Wingard
Faculty & Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Caroliniana Society Annual Gifts Report - 2018 (216 Pages), South Caroliniana Library--University Of South Carolina
Caroliniana Society Annual Gifts Report - 2018 (216 Pages), South Caroliniana Library--University Of South Carolina
University South Caroliniana Society - Annual Report of Gifts
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Reeling Backward: The Haptics Of A Medium And The Queerness Of Obsolescence, Travis L. Wagner
Reeling Backward: The Haptics Of A Medium And The Queerness Of Obsolescence, Travis L. Wagner
Student Publications
This article considers the haptics of queer activist footage shot on video, and more specifically footage shot on magnetic media. Despite ideal methods of care, magnetic media faces extreme concern from a preservation standpoint. As a format that is both subject to rampant deterioration (known colloquially as “sticky shed”) and obsolescence (with the ceasing VCR production), the queer activist videotape is an archival artefact irretrievably stuck in a liminal space. To play a tape is to contribute to its destruction, yet to not play the tape is to overlook potentially unique moments in queer history. As such, this article explores …