Archive of technology, entertainment and everyday life
An exploration of the physical and conceptual barriers that prevent cultural institutions from capturing the intangible dimension of food, beyond the mere preservation of objects.
Open storyThe available history connects Spanish hot chocolate with techniques for beating it into a foamy drink. What those references do—and do not—establish helps explain how a way of preparing a beverage can acquire social meaning without becoming a universal custom.
Open storyFrom a publication designed to circulate to an object kept for the future, comics raise questions about how format shapes reading and what it means to preserve them as heritage.
Open storyBeyond the physical shell, video game preservation requires integrating hardware, documentation, and playability. An analysis of the limits and possibilities of contemporary archives.
Open storyScores, recordings and archival documents preserve different aspects of music. Two Latin American cases show why context matters as much as the medium.
Open storyBeyond automation, office software transformed the document from a static object to a continuous flow. An analysis of its cultural and technical impact.
Open storyIn 1977, Nintendo and Mitsubishi Electric released a console that integrated fifteen games into its hardware, eliminating the need for cartridges and redefining home gaming comfort in Japan.
Open storyAn oral-history teaching project examines everyday life and leisure in Spain from 1968 to 1986, showing how recollections can complement—but not replace—institutional records.
Open storyFood brings together material, sensory, and social dimensions that cannot fit completely in a display case. Archives and museums document them through objects, images, texts, and context, without fully reconstructing an experience or proving habits for which evidence is lacking.
Open storyThe Sega Card slot, light gun and 3D glasses expanded how the Master System could be used. They also tell a story of specific possibilities and evidentiary limits: the accessories alone cannot explain the console’s commercial fortunes.
Open storyDesign archives preserve more than finished objects: they make it possible to study decisions, uses and visual languages within their cultural context.
Open storyMagazines, fanzines, minicomic books, albums and graphic novels place comics in different conditions of circulation. Comparing them can illuminate publishing and preservation, though the available evidence does not prove that format alone transforms how every work is read.
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