Save As…: The PDF as archive, authentic interface and epistemic object
Published online on May 05, 2026
Abstract
Media, Culture & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article examines how digital authenticity is constructed through the Portable Document Format (PDF), namely the ways in which format becomes a site where digital memory is fabricated, managed and selectively obscured. By interrogating the visible (...
This article examines how digital authenticity is constructed through the Portable Document Format (PDF), namely the ways in which format becomes a site where digital memory is fabricated, managed and selectively obscured. By interrogating the visible (...