The Once and Future Book: On the Nature of Reading
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/10/18
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September 20, 2015 The Getty Center, Los Angeles From medieval manuscripts to cutting-edge digital tablets, books have always been touched, handled, and, of course, read. Has the nature of reading changed as the material of books has shifted from parchment to paper and digital formats? Has the relationship between reader and book evolved along with the accessibility of the medium? And does the book have a future other than becoming an artifact displayed in museums? Explore these and other questions with Kathryn Rudy of St. Andrews University and Steve Wasserman of Yale University Press. Moderated by Peter Tokofsky from the Getty Museum Education Department.
