Archaeological discoveries during the past century provide documentary evidence for the ratio of rolls to codices during the first four centuries of our era. This ratio differs markedly from Christian to Jewish and pagan writings, suggesting that our book form may initially have been a Christian strategy to distinguish Christian from other writings and that this format, when its physical advant...

This article argues that an emphasis on how spectators piece together documentary structure is more useful than nonfiction film theory’s focus on epistemology and categorization. By examining individual texts such as The Aristocrats, critics can develop a set of devices that provide a better explanation of documentary comprehension at the local level. As an example, this article shows how a spe...

New types of knowledge spaces, such as the web, allow for yet unexplored forms of knowledge exploration and social relationships. Such an interactive, open and multimodal system sustains the activation of articulation expressions that form the basis of adaptive discourses. In this paper we look at the problem of how stories in such environments can be established. We are in particular intereste...

Pin Up! The Movie: An Interactive Documentary uses oral history to explore an international subculture. In it, women and men adopt vintage style advocate for social political change. Specifically, they use the subculture anti-racist practices, call body positivity, lobby full equity acceptance of LGBTQI subcultural members. These advocates do this with acknowledgement historical racism sexism, ...