Folk-archiving Minor Audiovisual Contents. Television Programs, Pirate Care and Shadow Libraries

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Jacopo Rasmi
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.66062/JBTZ7106

Synopsis

Sometimes TV is archived by amateurs. Sometimes TV is an interesting source to build experimental libraries of minor audiovisual contents. Sometimes the best way to preserve certain memories of cinema is to record the programs broadcast in order to upload them on informal platforms. These digital ecosystems are called “shadow libraries” and are fostered by gesture of “folk archiving” (Goldsmith). Behind and beyond the construction of an audiovisual heritage defined by State policies or commercial forces, a collective “pirate care” (Graziano, Medak & Mars) allows the preservation and the democratic distribution of rare contents.

Author Biography

Jacopo Rasmi, Université Jean Monnet

Jacopo Rasmi is associate professor in Visual Arts and Italian Studies at Jean Monnet University (Saint Etienne). Since October 2025, he has become a Junior fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France (2025-2030) with the research project À l’ombre des plateformes. Since his PhD, his research has focused mainly on documentary creation (particularly in cinema), media theories, and ecological issues. He co-authored Générations Collapsonautes. Naviguer par temps d’effondrement (with Yves Citton, Seuil, Paris 2020) and wrote Le hors-champ est dedans! Michelangelo Frammartino, écologie et cinéma (PUS, Villeneuve-d’Ascq 2021), translated into Italian. He serves in the editorial teams at Multitudes and La Revue Documentaires. 

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Unlocking Television Archives in the Digital Era. 16th Media Mutations International Conference

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145-153

Published

February 25, 2026

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Conference Proceedings
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Jacopo Rasmi. (2026). Folk-archiving Minor Audiovisual Contents. Television Programs, Pirate Care and Shadow Libraries. In Luca Barra, Susanne Eichner, Matteo Marinello, Emiliano Rossi, & Anne-Katrin Weber (Eds.), Unlocking Television Archives in the Digital Era. 16th Media Mutations International Conference (pp. 145-153). Media Mutations Publishing. https://doi.org/10.66062/JBTZ7106