Comparing historical cinema cultures : reflections on new cinema history and comparison with a cross-national case study on Antwerp and Rotterdam Ghent University
The increasing amount of data on historical film exhibition, programming and experiences, more in particular the construction of large databases on these matters, offers a plethora of new opportunities for understanding film cultures from the past. However, it also raises new conceptual, epistemological and methodological questions, for instance, on how to connect and compare these data in meaningful ways. Dealing with issues of comparison and ...