[spectre] New podcast: Megan Prelinger talks about ephemeral literature and the inner workings of the Prelinger Library

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*New podcast: Megan Prelinger talks about ephemeral literature, the inner
workings of the Prelinger Library and the possibility of looking at the
world through the lens of everyday evidence. *
Megan Prelinger is a culture historian and an outsider librarian. In 2004
she co-founded the Prelinger Library in San Francisco with her partner Rick
Prelinger. A community workshop, this independent, experimental research
library is primarily a collection of 19th and 20th century historical
ephemera, periodicals, maps and books. Inspired by the physical process of
exploring landscapes, the library has its own geospatial classification
system and is arranged in a way that fosters browsing-based discoveries and
serendipity. Prelinger also conducts research on technology and graphic
design and is the author of the books “Another Science Fiction” and “Inside
the machine”.


Timeline
04:11 The Prelinger Library, or research as a creative exercise
11:30 Experimental research libraries, an informal community
13:28 History through the lens of ephemeral evidence
18:13 Triangulation: evidence exhibits and punk rock hangouts
20:47 Graphic artists as explainers in ephemeral literature
26:34 Art and electronics: the planetary model of the electron
32:00 Radio technology and the public understanding of electronics

If you liked this podcast, you may also enjoy our conversations with Rick
Prelinger <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/rick_prelinger_tag>.

Enjoy!
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