The MIAP curriculum places considerable emphasis on research projects and collaborations with outside organizations, artists, and other professionals. At the end of the MIAP program, students are expected to complete a capstone project in the form of a thesis or portfolio.
These are just a few examples of past MIAP student projects:
Masters Thesis Projects
Spring 2009
- Phonodiscs from the Texas Borderlands: A Consideration of Regional Music and Modes of Production - Audrey Young
- BCAT: Consolidating & Creating a Brooklyn Community Television Archive - Steven Villereal
- "Voyager's Middle Name Is Phoenix": Preservation of CD-ROMs at the Avery Fisher Media Center - John Migliore
- A Proposal for a Digital Archive for the Korean Film Archive - Gwan Yong Jeon
- Investigating Paul Sharits: Issues in the Preservation and Conservation of Time–Based Media Art - John Passmore
- The World She Watched: An Examination of the Adelaide Pearson Travel Films - Kimberly Tarr
- Found it in the Trash: A Collection Assessment of the Dischord Records/Fugazi practices" into real world applications - Peter Oleksik
- The YouTube Archivist: Bringing Archival Methods to a Non-archival World - Crystal Rangel
Spring 2008
- Night of the Blow Up: Resurrecting the 8mm movies of Mike and George Kuchar - Leah Churner
- Films the Color of Blood: The Film–makers' Cooperative and the Conflict Between Cultural Stability and Avant–Gardism in the Distribution of the Perpetual Past - Kathleen Maguire
- A Guide to Moving Image File Formats for Digital Archives - Benjamin Moskowitz
- Digital Audio Preservation in Small-Scale Organizations: An Analysis of Core Requirements, and a Set of Tools for The Flaherty/International Film Seminars - Yvonne Ng
- Capturing the Artist Interview: Interview Methodologies and Resources for Documenting and Preserving Time-Based Media Art Miwa Yokoyama
- Home Movies’ Second Audiene: Re-contextualizing Silent Homemade Films - Nicole Martin
- Impact Analysis of Copyright on Institutions in Different Countries - Jenny Pondo
Spring 2007
- A Techno-Aesthetic Critique of Anglo-American Moving Image Cataloging in an Online Environment; Or, The Secondary Stage Of Knowledge in a Thermodynamic Theory of History - Joshua Ranger
- These 'Memories Can't Wait': An Assessment of the Media Archive of David Byrne - Sarah Resnick
- Sharing Our Visions: The Essential Role of Outreach in the Preservation of Home Movies - Loni Shibuyama
- An Archeology in Film and Tape: Collection Assessment of the Production Archive of Jem Cohen - Lauren Sorensen
Spring 2006
- Preservation Services for Audio Visual Media Material: An Inquiry into Current and Future Models - Brad Campbell
- Digital Distribution of Content over Internet and its Effect on Archives - Jen Mohan
- Disaster Planning And Recovery: Post-Katrina Lessons For Mixed Media Collections - Kara van Malssen
- The Eye Beholds: Silent Era Industrial Film and The Bureau of Commercial Economics - Sean Savage
- Avant-Garde Won’t Wait! Archiving and Preserving Experimental Film - Paula Felix-Didier
- Artists, Activists, Neighbors and Strippers: Preserving the Legacy of Public Access Television - Caroline Rubens
- Preserving the Ephemeral: An Approach to Time-Based Public Art - Natalia Fidelholtz
Spring 2005
- Beyond The Wall Label: Moving Images in the Archives of the Brooklyn Museum - Jeff Martin
- Issues of Appraisal and Selection of Community Based Video: Assessing the Videofreex Collection - Pamela Smith
- Don’t Touch That Dial: Assessing the Radio Series ‘Soul of Reason’ – Tanisha Jones
- The Development and Current Condition of Local Chinese TV stations in New York City - Huiming Yu
- Ah, the Giraffe Dance! I remember It Well: The Transformation of a Film Collection into an Audio-Visual Collection - Irene E. Taylor
- Collecting Couture: The Moving Image Collection of the Conde Nast Publications Archive - Margaret Mello
Collection Assessment Projects
Spring 2009
- Maryland Historical Society - Siobhan Hagan
- The Barbara Kopple My Generation Collection - Stefan Elnabli
- Coleen Fitzgibbon Films - Sandra Gibson
- Elaine Summer Collection - Jonah Volk
- Cory Arcangel + BEIGE - Walter Forsberg
- Mogull Brothers Collection / Prelinger Archives & Library of Congress - Andy Uhrich
- California State University, Fresno / Henry Madden Library Special Collections - Jenn Blaylock
Spring 2008
- Laurie Anderson – John Migliore
- Sonic Youth Video - Peter Oleksik
- The Kitchen - John Passmore
- John F Kennedy / Gartenberg Media - Crystal Rangel
- Hemispheric Institute / New York University - Kimberly Tarr
- Cabinet Magazine Digital Content Archive - Steven Villereal
- American Museum of Natural History Video Collection - Audrey Young
Spring 2007
- Robert Haller Collection / Anthology Film Archives - Leah Churner
- New Museum of Contemporary Art - Lisa Fehsenfeld
- Filmmakers Coop - Kathleen Maguire
- 16mm Films at Brooklyn Public Library - Nicole Martin
- John Watts Papers / Fales Library - Ben Moscowitz
- Flaherty Film Seminar - Yvonne Ng
- Richard Foreman Papers / Fales Library - Group Project
- Hadassah Collection – Lynley Lys
- Eyebeam - Sarah Resnick
- Frank Kuenstler Films / Anthology Film Archives - Lauren Sorensen
- Art21 Archive - Miwa Yokoyama
Spring 2006
- World Music Institute Audio/Video Archive - Kara Van Malssen
- Teo Masero Collection / New York Public Library - Rodgers&Hammerstein - Sean Savage
Spring 2005
- Third World Newsreel - Irene Taylor
