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What Is Ephemerality?

Last Updated: 12/02/2025

Ephemera are items produced for temporary use and typically discarded after their function is fulfilled. For example, old tickets, postcards, invitations, advertising brochures, or concert programs are all forms of ephemera.

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Where Are They Used?
Historically, theater and cinema tickets, shop posters, or election pamphlets were the most well-known examples of ephemera. Today, receipts, bus tickets, and invitations are still considered ephemera.

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Why Are They Important?
Ephemera help us understand how people lived in the past, what they enjoyed, and how daily life was conducted. An old brochure or ticket can serve as an important source of historical information.

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Ephemera is a term given to short-lived, typically discarded printed or visual materials. Examples such as movie tickets, postcards, and posters carry important information about daily life in the past and contribute to the preservation of social memory when archived.

Bibliographies

Gürsel, Bahar. “Türkiye’nin Efemera Arşivleri ve Koleksiyonları.” VEKAM Yayınları, 2020. Accessed July 31, 2025. https://vekam.ku.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ttefemera_bahar_gursel.pdf.

İnceoğlu, Seher. "Sosyal Ve Kültürel Boyutuyla Efemera." İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2015. Accessed July 31, 2025. https://nek.istanbul.edu.tr/ekos/TEZ/ET001606.pdf.

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