Career
He is author of the book Technologies of History: Visual Media and the Eccentricity of the Past (Dartmouth 2011). Technologies of History marks an intervention in the academic sub-field of Film and History, which has largely focused on the accuracy and verifiability of cinematic and televisual history, especially in the genres of documentary and historical epics. Anderson"s book advocates consideration of the historiographical value of non-traditional (what he terms "eccentric") forms of visual history including experimental film and video, fake documentary, found footage, science fiction time travel and digital games.
Doctorate. L. LeMahieu"s book review in the journal Film & History notes that "Anderson’s validation of the idiosyncratic and experimental opens new areas of research and analysis for historians."
Anderson is also known for his contributions to the fields of digital humanities, scholarly electronic publishing, fair use advocacy and technocultural studies.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in 2001 from the Film, Literature & Culture program at the University of Southern California under the direction of Professors David James, Marita Sturken and Leo Braudy and an Master of Fine Arts in Film and Video from CalArts in 1990.
