Two cable samples, not obvious museum ‘heroes’, brownish
Jemimah Widdicombe
Introduction
Identified as ST 28747.1 and ST 28747.2, these Museums Victoria objects are two of the countless telegraph cables preserved indefinitely in collection stores around the world. Throughout history, communication networks have evolved, leaving behind the physical remnants of once-cutting-edge infrastructure. The telegraph was no different, and today’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems follow a similar trajectory — built on layers of extraction, labour and mythmaking.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24199/SVJY9790
Citation
Widdicombe, J. (2025). Two cable samples, not obvious museum ‘heroes’, brownish. PRISM, 1, 7–12. https://doi.org/10.24199/SVJY9790