This dissertation arises from an interest as a research fellow at the project “PO.EX'70-80 – Digital Archive of Portuguese Experimental Poetry” which has in its essence the problematic of digital archives for variable and multimodal media. Sharing is nowadays a word contested in many ways, and it is this same fact that underpins this thesis too. The distribution of information and the works of art in various digital files is our topic in scrutiny. With this sharing it is our intention to inform about distinct authors and art forms, making them present in a world where the multimodal and the cultural diversity seem to walk together, but also seem to be quite ephemeral in its productions. Assuming that the digital files are critical to the preservation and dissemination of artistic content, the aim of this dissertation will be to know a little more of this world of participative, multimedia and hypertextualized culture, and ending with an overview of the forms of archiving that digital makes possible today. This research also includes the analysis and qualitative assessment of five digital archives: PO.EX'70-80, ELMCIP (Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice), VirtualArt Database, ELD (Electronic Literature Directory) and NT2 (Nouvelles Tecnhologies Nouvelles Textualités). We investigate and propose a autonomous model of analysis and evaluation, aiming to understand the pros and cons of these archives and how they are made known to the public and their users.
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