Ebook: Re-collection: art, new media, and social memory

Introduction. The lost and the saved / Jon Ippolito -- New media and social memory / Richard Rinehart -- Technology. Death by technology / Jon Ippolito -- Variability machines / Richard Rinehart -- Metadata and the historic record / Richard Rinehart -- Institutions. Death by institution / Jon Ippolito -- The open museum / Richard Rinehart -- Generation emulation / Jon Ippolito -- Law. Death by law / Jon Ippolito -- Unreliable archivists / Jon Ippolito -- Variable organisms / Jon Ippolito -- Conclusion. Checking in / Richard Rinehart -- Only you can prevent the end of history / Richard Rinehart and Jon Ippolito.;The first book on the philosophy and aesthetics of digital preservation examines the challenge posed by new media to our long-term social memory.