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analyst can choose. This list includes the four main types of analysis we have just
identified:
− paratextual (or “basic”) analysis;
− thematic analysis (of the content);
− audiovisual analysis;
− pragmatic analysis.
Figure2.6.
Theinterfaceenablingtheanalysttoselectthetypeof
analysiswhichbestcharacterizeshiswork
However, there are several additional forms of analysis which attempt to give a
fuller account of the different interests and objectives of the stakeholders in the
analysis of an archive. Thus, for example, we have identified:
− the type of analysis relying on
different angles
(i.e. combining audiovisual,
thematic, pragmatic, etc. interests in a single analysis);
− the type of specialized analysis such as
cultural analysis
(i.e. analysis of the
cultural preconceptions which are behind a particular shot or a particular part of a
source video) or indeed
indicial analysis
, in the sense of the Italian historian
Carlo Ginzburg (i.e. a particular visual object as an indicator for a particular
figurative meaning [GIN 86]).
