Table of Contents
Introduction
Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen and Trond Erik Bjorli
PART 1: HISTORY OF THE COLLECTION
1. The Archives of the Planet: Between Science and Action – Valérie Perlès
2. Photography, Gunpowder and Fertilizer: Albert Kahn's Norwegian Journey – Trond Erik Bjorli
3. Japan in The Archives of the Planet – Anne Sigaud
4. The Archives of the Planet and the First World War – Emmanuelle Danchin
PART 2: COSMOPOLITICS
5. Pacifist Photography: Seeing the Face of Humanity – Jay Winter
6. Experimental Cosmopolitanism: The Limits of Autour du Monde-ism in the Kahn Archive – Paula Amad
7. The Kahn Archive: A Visual Memory That Is Truly Cosmopolitan? – Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen and Milena Nikolova
8. The Archives of the Planet: Between Cosmopolitanism and Patriotism – Anne Sigaud
9. Henri Bergson and Albert Kahn: The Cosmopolitan Method – Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen
PART 3: AESTHETICS OF A WORLD ARCHIVE
10. Autochromes in Service of Human Geography: Jean Brunhes and the Aesthetics of The Archives of the Planet – Franziska Scheuer
11. Bergson's Aesthetics? Autochroming a World of Memories – Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen
12. Digital Returns: The Archives of the Planet and the 'Rhythm of Life' – Trond Lundemo
Postscript: The Digital Futures of Historical Media Archives – Wolfgang Ernst
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