Articles
Published 31-07-2023
Keywords
- Digital preservation,
- digital dark age,
- medieval video games,
- digital obsolescence,
- libraries and archives
Copyright (c) 2023 Giulia Carla Rossi
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
The Digital Archivist is a brief 2D video game that seeks to engage general audiences with the topic of digital preservation. The digital nostalgia aesthetic plays a fundamental role in evoking an archival setting that draws a parallel between the work done by monks and miniaturists in preserving and distributing print books during the Middle Ages, and the role played by contemporary librarians and archivists in preserving digital formats.