Publications

Book: A Million Pictures – Magic Lantern Slides in the History of Learning
The conference proceedings of our international and interdisciplinary Million Pictures conference in August 2017 are currently (May 2018) edited by Sarah Dellmann and Frank Kessler. The edited volume A Million…
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Fonseca: Special Issue on Magic Lantern
The issue #16 (2018) of Fonseca – Journal of Communication is titled “Arqueología de los media y placas de linterna mágica – Media archaeology and magic lantern slides”. Among the…
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Manual: Recommendations for the Digitisation of Magic Lantern Slides
For all those holding collections of magic lantern slides and would like to provide access to them in a digital form are the recommendations elaborated by the A Million Pictures…
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Newsletter #15, May 2018
Newsletter #15 – May 2018
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Manual: How to prepare digital images files for upload to Lucerna
This illustrated step-by-step Lucerna Manual #1 – How to prepare digital images for Lucerna (PDF, 9 pages) explains how to prepare digital image files for upload to Lucerna – The…
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Manual: How to catalogue slide sets and slides in Lucerna
The detailed Lucerna Manual #2 – How to catalogue slide sets and slides in Lucerna (PDF, 26 pages) combines background information and a step-by-step manual for cataloguing slide sets in…
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Paper: Experiences with Creative Re-Use at Performing and Knowing
Performance and re-enactment have been employed as a method of research in the history of science for several decades. The workshop Performing and Knowing – Experimental and Sensory Approaches organised…
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Newsletter #14, April 2018
Newsletter #14 – April 2018
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Magic Lantern Show: De Toverlantaarn. Voorganger van de bioscoop
Our Associated Partner EYE Film Institute Netherlands organised a lantern show. Lanternists Annet Duller and Wim Bos will give a perform the programme “De Toverlantaarn. Voorganger van de bioscoop” (The…
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Discussion Notes: “Experience with Creative Re-Use”
These discussion notes document the evaluation of experiences with the creative Re-Use projects and activities that were developed in the course of the A Million Pictures Project. We publish these…
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