In contemporary digital culture, reposting is commonly understood as a neutral or even derivative act: the mechanical re-upload of existing files into new platforms. This interpretation is not only reductive but strategically flawed. Within a mature research-based artistic practice, reposting must instead be framed as a total recovery of authority. It is an act of re-inscription, whereby authorship, context, and intentionality are reasserted against the entropy of platforms that systematically detach content from its origin. When archival audiovisual material is reposted without narrative control, it becomes orphaned—consumed without memory, detached from lineage. The critical shift lies in transforming reposting into a curatorial operation: one that reclaims the work’s epistemic frame and restores its position within a coherent intellectual project. In this sense, reposting is not repetition but return—a deliberate reactivation of meaning under new algorithmic conditions. The first axis of this recovery is the explicit reclamation of authorship through description. Each reposted work must be accompanied by a standardised textual declaration that situates the author as conceptual director, researcher, and connector between domains. This is not branding in a superficial sense; it is metadata as authorship. The description becomes a site where artistic practice, academic research, and institutional collaboration are articulated in a single voice. Closely linked to this is what might be called the Archive Effect: the paradoxical authority of the vintage. By clearly titling works as archival—using markers such as “[ARCHIVE] Original Sessions”—the content gains temporal depth. What appears old is re-coded as foundational. Algorithms, contrary to popular belief, do not penalise age when context is refreshed; they reward continuity. The archive, when properly framed, becomes evidence of long-term expertise rather than obsolete residue.
A further layer of authority recovery lies in the algorithmic updating of form. Reposting is an opportunity to refresh what surrounds the content without altering the content itself. Updated descriptions, revised titles, and contemporary keyword frameworks signal relevance to platforms that privilege “freshness,” particularly in video ecosystems. Author-specific thumbnails operate here as visual signatures, functioning as the graphic equivalent of a citation style. They create instant recognisability and consolidate trust across dispersed uploads. Equally crucial is cross-platform SEO traffic control. By ensuring that all reposted materials funnel back to the author’s primary channel, the system consolidates metrics rather than fragmenting them. Views accumulate where authority resides. Links are not neutral; they define power. Controlling them ensures that visibility translates into credibility. Ultimately, reposting must be understood as a legacy operation. When executed strategically, it consolidates the author’s position as the connective node between artistic experimentation and scientific research—between platforms such as LAPIEZA and academic frameworks associated with institutions like UAM or FECYT. Reposting becomes a form of intellectual conservation, ensuring that past work remains operative within present debates. It resists the platform-driven erasure of history and replaces it with a curated continuity. In this model, archives are not static repositories but active agents within a living system. Reposting, then, is not about looking back nostalgically; it is about securing authorship forward. It is the mechanism through which cultural memory is stabilised, authority is recovered, and a body of work is positioned not as content, but as heritage.
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