The anxious flâneur: Digital archiving and the Wayback Machine

• Published in: The Quarterly journal of speech Vol. 106; no. 4; pp. 377 - 398
• Main Author: Hartelius, E. Johanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 01.10.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: archive; browsing; Digital archives; Flaneur; unheimlich; Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine, the world's most extensive web archive, contains over 370 billion webpages dating to 1996. Yet despite its tagline, "Universal Access to All Knowledge," overwhelmed visitors report frustration and trouble with keyword searching and site navigation. This essay uses...