ABSTRACT
The LAPA scanner is a digitization system developed by the Laboratorio de Preservación Audiovisual (Audiovisual Preservation Laboratory; LAPA) at the Universidad de la República de Uruguay (University of the Republic of Uruguay). Its main feature is the reconfiguration of an obsolete telecine apparatus into a frame-by-frame scanner based on open-source software and free of proprietary licences. The scanner is the result of research into film heritage technologies and aims to create an independent system for Uruguay’s cinematographic digitization. This reflects the symbolic disputes surrounding cultural sovereignty that are directly linked to the politics of memory.
