The “In-between” of What? Intermedial Perspectives on the Concept of Borders/Boundaries

If intermedial phenomena are as old as the oldest media, the development of the intermedial theory is much more recent. In fact, this theory has emerged from the last major technological change, that related to digital. This article provides an analysis of this thought from a historical perspective....

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Published inDigital studies Vol. 5; no. 3
Main Author Larrue, Jean-Marc Larrue
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Open Library of Humanities 08.08.2016
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Summary:If intermedial phenomena are as old as the oldest media, the development of the intermedial theory is much more recent. In fact, this theory has emerged from the last major technological change, that related to digital. This article provides an analysis of this thought from a historical perspective. It seems that there are two major periods of the intermedial theory, first, what we might call the mediatic period, based on the central concept of medium. The second would be the post-mediatic period which is dominated by the idea of mediation. In that post-mediatic period, intermediality focuses on a nexus of mediating circumstances and factors that we can call "mediating conjunctures." Si les phénomènes intermédiaux sont aussi vieux que les plus vieux médias, le développement de la théorie intermédiale est beaucoup plus récent. En fait, cette théorie a émergé de la dernière grande mutation technologique, celle liée au numérique. Cet article propose une analyse de cette pensée selon une perspective historique. On peut distinguer deux grandes périodes de la théorie intermédiale, la première, la période médiatique, sur la base du concept central de média. La seconde, la période postmédiatique est dominée par l'idée de médiation. Dans cette période postmédiatique, l'intermédialité se concentre sur un ensemble dynamique de circonstances médiatrices que nous suggérons de nommer « conjonctures médiatrices ».
ISSN:1918-3666
1918-3666
DOI:10.16995/dscn.33