1990s
The administrative life of the machine
Explores how archives transform obsolete devices into historical documents, analyzing the tension between their original function and heritage value in museums and libraries.
Everyday life and the small things that shaped the rhythm of the day
Latest additions
1990s
Paper that holds childhood
Explores how sticker albums transition from toys to historical documents, analyzing conservation challenges and museum management of these ephemeral objects.
1970s
Clothing as a social document in 1970s Spain
Analyzes how museum and academic sources allow the study of 1970s fashion in Spain not as a uniform trend, but as a complex social practice linked to identity and urban context.
1980s
Leisure as a document: what sources reveal about everyday life
Analyzes how the history of everyday life uses leisure as a lens to understand the routines and social practices of the 1970s and 1980s in Spain, highlighting the limits of available documentation.
2000s
From Archive to Museum: The Transformation of Advertising Design into Heritage
Analyzes how design and advertising pieces transition from archival documents to museum objects, exploring the functional and contextual decisions that define their heritage value.
1980s
The Floppy Disk as Document: Beyond the Physical Medium
Analyzes how the floppy disk transcended its technical function to become an object of documentation and archiving, exploring cataloging and preservation practices in the context of home computing.
1980s
What the schedule didn't record: the archive as incomplete memory
Analyzes how television archives function as cultural documents that reveal both what was broadcast and what was lost, highlighting the role of audiovisual preservation in building collective memory.
1980s
June 18, 1982 in Figueres
Analysis of the opening of the Toy Museum in Figueres as a milestone in the institutionalization of the Spanish toy as cultural heritage.
1990s
What the engine keeps when it stops rolling
Analyzes how motor museums transform vehicles into cultural archives, distinguishing between inherited reputation and verifiable characteristics through technical and contextual documentation.
Contemporary
Beyond the Archive: Preservation as an Act of Reinterpretation
Analyzes how the contemporary preservation of retro objects transcends mere digital custody to become an active documentation process that redefines the relationship between past and present.
Contemporary
A biscuit tin cannot tell us who opened it
Preserved tins, food-related archives and projects on the history of eating document different aspects of the table. Reading them together helps separate commercial imagery from what we can actually establish about domestic habits.
2000s
What a web archive can—and cannot—reconstruct about the internet
Captures and web archives document pages and change, but they cannot by themselves reconstruct how a service was used. The available documentation helps distinguish preserving traces from proving a complete experience.
