No Time To Wait - S04E31 - Brianna Toth - Knowledge Obsolescence in Audiovisual Preservation
Channel: MediaArea
Date: 2020-01-25

Brianna Toth presents "Knowledge Obsolescence in Audiovisual Preservation: Legacy Skills as Cultural Heritage at Risk"

As those with the technical knowledge to repair and maintain analog video playback equipment age out of the professional field, the ability to steward the equipment for preserving analog video to standards becomes an endangered skill set at risk of being lost. Due to the fact that all media is dependent upon playback equipment, all analog video formats are now obsolete, and the magnetic media crisis has only become more grim—how do we cope with this persistent and time-sensitive issue? For my graduate research, I grappled with this question by retracing and compiling past efforts that addressed this issue in an interactive timeline. From the 46 instances, I was able to find that spanned from 1978 to present, I believe we can gain insight in tackling this issue once again. For this presentation I will discuss my findings my timeline, case studies I believe offer potential avenues that enable knowledge transfer and the steps forward I believe could be beneficial to the community at large.

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