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editing Ranciere's text on the notion of occupation
 
 “occupying” and “occupation” --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- begin the story with the decision to change the sense of a political demonstration by changing its 
                      use of the space. 
 Protesting in the streets of a city always entails that you use a space devoted to circulation as a metaphor
                                                                           of the “public space” of citizenship. 
 In normal protests, however, this metaphorical use is associated with the notion of movement. Protesters take to the streets and go over them to both make their demands 
 
                                        visible 

and embody the dynamic of their protest. This is a diversion from the normal use of the streets, but this diversion is still in keeping with this normal use (moving), which also means that it remains faithful to a certain distribution of the roles and the places, opposing the walkers who circulate their demands to the sitting authorities to whom those demands are addressed. A deviation from that normal diversion thus consisted in the decision 
                to break with that material and symbolic distribution of roles.
 
 
It was 
the decision to stay instead of to keep moving
and discuss among themselves instead of shouting their demands to the authorities. This shift involved two forms of structuration of the space: 
                                                            THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TENT
The assembly is the canonical form of identification between the material configuration of a space and the symbolic configuration of a community. It is par excellence the 
“common place” or the “place of the common.” 
Making an assembly                along with marching in the streets thus means 
reconfiguring the common, 

setting aside the existing configuration of the relation between the power and the protesters by 
transforming the latter into a sort of constituent assembly that decides to ignore the existing authorities and discuss the very sense of politics or the very essence of a political community. Making an assembly in a park meant beginning politics again, 

reinventing a public space

out of the very disposition of bodies on a ground and the mode of their speech. 
                                              the circular structure of the assembly was completed by another spatial feature: horizontality. 
The new assembly is an assembly wherein all individuals are sitting on the common ground, at the same level, without presidents, leaders, or professional orators. 
https://www.politicalconcepts.org/occupation-jacques-ranciere/ --->



''The Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies Seminar is tailored towards (further) developing research methods within the first year of this master. By establishing a solid foundation of research skills, it will eventually prepare students for their Graduate research in the second year. Through reading core theoretical texts, they will establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from. They will learn the practice of classic ‘essayistic methodologies’, including close reading, annotation, description and notation, students learn to survey a body of literature, filter what is relevant to their research and create comparative pieces of analysis. The seminar helps students to establish methodical drafting processes for their texts, where they can develop ideas further and structure their use of notes and references. The course takes as axiomatic that the perceived division between ‘practice’ and ‘theory’ is essentially an illusion.
''



Curriculum: The seminar will involve: 

(a.) Identifying the object of your research: description and analysis of your work 

(b.) Contextualizing your work through description and reflection on contemporary and historical practices. 

(c.) Identify research material key to your practice.

(d.) Synopsis and annotation of key texts

(e.) Writing machines: creating methods for group and individual writing.

Throughout, there will be an emphasis on working collectively, whether in a larger discussion group or in smaller reading and writing groups. 


[[ Editing Reading, Writing & Research Methodologies - handbook information]]


[[Plagiarism]]

==Outcomes of the seminar ==

There are THREE specific outcomes to the Reading, Writing and Research Seminar.

'''1) TEXT ON PRACTICE (TRIM 2):''' The first specific outcome for the RW&RM seminar of 2023-24 will be a 1500 word text which reflects on your own practice and situates your work in relation to a broader artistic and cultural context.  The various texts produced within the RW&RM seminar in TRIM 1 and TRIM 2 will serve as source material for your text on practice. In common with all modules on the course RW&RM serves to support your self-directed research. The text on practice will provide the basis for your Graduate Project Proposal that you will produce in TRIM 4. 

[[Text on Practice 2023]]

[[Texts on Practice 2022]]

[[Text on Practice outline 2019-2020]]

'''2) OUTLINE FOR A PROJECT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE MADE (TRIM 3):'''The second specific outcome is an outline for a project that may or may not be made. This is a speculative document which prepares us for writing the Graduate Project Proposal in TRIM 4.

[[PROJECT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GET MADE]]

'''3) RAPID PROTOTYPE DIRECTORY (TRIM 3):''' The third specific outcome of the seminar is the Rapid Prototype Directory. This is is built by everyone in the RW&RM class; it is a repository of 'hacks', 'scratches' and 'rapid prototypes'. RPD is a directory of directives which may or may not be executed; a directory of instructions which are used by the group to generate work and texts.

[[Rapid Prototype Directory]]

==Session one 13 Sept==

'''Session One'''

'''TODAY' S OUTCOME: descriptions of work'''

 11:00am -12pm 

Intro Natasha Soobramanien and Steve Rushton in the large project space:
   
General intro to the methods sessions how they fit into the two year programme and outline of the day.

TODAY'S PAD https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsLB23_24Sesh1

Outline of today's session.


 12:00-13:00
Describe three of your works/ projects

For each work describe

What (200 words max)

How (200 words max)

Why (200 words max)

600 word description of three works = 1800 words (max)

 13:00

LUNCH

 14:00 
Meet as a group

For groups of three

Read each other's texts 

Readers: give feedback (what were you given to understand by the text? how can it be improved to make it clearer?). 

Spend no more than '''10 MINUTES''' giving feedback on each text 

Writer: '''REMAIN SILENT''', do not try to defend the text, concentrate on what the text is actually communicating to your readers.

writer: Make notes of your reader's comments

 14:30
Make changes to your draft. (Keep original version below edited version)
 
UPLOAD ON TO THIS PAD 

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsLB23_24Sesh1

 15:00

Choose another piece of work and repeat exercise

What (200 words max)

How (200 words max)

Why (200 words max)

 15:30

Meet in groups of three

Read each other's texts 

Readers: give feedback (what were you given to understand by the text? how can it be improved to make it clearer?). 

Spend no more than '''10 MINUTES''' giving feedback on each text 

Writer: '''REMAIN SILENT''', do not try to defend the text, concentrate on what the text is actually communicating to your readers.

 16:00 
Make changes to your draft. (Keep original version below edited version) 
UPLOAD ON THE PAD

 16:30 
Round up and discuss

==Session two==

LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Steve Rushton
Session Two: Reviewing self-directed research



'''OUTCOMES: 

1) making a wiki page

2) Interview

3) edits to current and previous texts 

TODAY'S AGENDA

11:00-11:30 Organising our methods wiki pages.  
Putting the text we made in the first session on the wiki. 
Organising METHODS - THEMATIC PROJECTS and SELF-DIRECTED RESEARCH sections

Here is an example:

*[[CrashTestStudent]]

*[[User:Yanalin|Yana]]

*[[User:Tessalangeveld|Tessa]]

*[[User:Rodolfovferro|Rodolfo]]

*[[User:Nihal Goel|Nihal]]

*[[User:Luca|Luca]]

*[[User:Jingfeng Shen|Jingfeng]]

*[[User:Giorgosachi|Giorgos]]

*[[User:Tparolin|Tom]]

*[[User:Do.westphal|Do]]

*[[User:Tesse B|<span style="color:#9866C7;small">tesse]]

*[[User:Nourabb|Noura]]

*[[User:Rick|Riccardo]]

*[[User:Aratrikak|Aratrika]]

*[[User:Parmesanfish|Chan]]

*[[User:Totoleheros|Toto]]

*[[User:lengzhuang97|<span style="color:#F3F6F4">Zhuang]]

*[[Bojan Salaj]]

==11:30 today's workshop==


Interviewing each other: '''a''' interviews '''b'''; '''b''' interviews '''a''' 


11:30 work on this pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LBLensBasedSeshTwo22


Interview about your self-directed research. (Your current work). 

'''Stage 1'''

30 mins: 

'''a''' interviews '''b'''

a asks:

What are you making?

Why are you making it?

How does it relate to other things you have done?

How is it different to other things you have done?

What are the most significant choices have you made recently?

Throughout this exchange  '''a''' takes notes on the pad


'''Stage 2'''

30 mins: 

'''b''' interviews '''a'''
What are you making?


Why are you making it?

Does to relate to other things you have done?

How is it different to other things you have done?

What are the most significant  choices have you made recently?

Throughout this exchange  b takes notes on the pad or makes a 'speech to text' recording of the exchange.


'''Stage 3'''

60 mins

'''A HANDS THE TEXT OVER TO B''' and '''B EDITS THE TEXT A HAS STARTED;''' elaborating on the points they have made in the interview


13:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 15:45

'''Stage 4:''' Edit texts

==15:45 review progress as a group==

Review work done so far. 

==16:00==

Upload text on to your wiki page (if not already done so).

Add images and links to videos (if not already done so.) 

Consider getting rid of what, how why headings from first session (the text will still retain its structure without these guide-rails.)

Previous steps: Wiki page. Make space for all aspects of the course: methods; reading and writing; thematic projects; notes; toolbox sessions; bibliography and notes on texts &c. 
For example: [[CrashTestStudent]]

==Session Three==



LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Steve Rushton


'''Outcome: Rapid Prototype Directory'''




References:

Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes (1969) http://intuitivemusic.dk/iima/sonsn.pdf

John Cage's Song Books Vol 1 (1970) https://monoskop.org/images/0/03/Cage_John_Song_Books_Volume_1.pdf

Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LensBasedScratchNov2

Addition to small library: Eno: Oblique Strategies (card game)

https://monoskop.org/images/8/8c/Eno_Brian_Schmidt_Peter_Oblique_Strategies.pdf


'''Order of play'''

We start at 11:00. Please be prompt.

11:00 AM 

1) Look at Nature Study Notes (1969) by Scratch Orchestra (ed.Cornelius Cardew) read out some of the instructions.
Look at other examples. Talk about restraints as agents for making work (Dogma, Sol LeWitt &c).

2) Write your own notations (instructions) Compile Rapid Prototype Directory.

== Rapid Prototype Directory==

[[Rapid Prototype Directory LB1]] 

Invent, perform, make work from Rapid Prototype Directory. 

Over the day, we will use the directory as an 'engine' to produce images, sound pieces and short video pieces.

a) make work from your own rapid prototypes

b) make work from another group (so, we end up with different versions of the same piece = cover version).

12:00-13:00 write rapid prototypes, add them to the directory and make work from your own scratches. 

'''Take no more than 10 mins to write and produce work from rapid prototype directive;''' move on to next rapid prototype.

13:00- 13:10  meet to review progress and plan the afternoon

13:10 LUNCH

14:10 continue to write rapid prototypes, add to directory and make work from your own scratches; make work from other scratches (cover versions).

16:00 Gather together to review the pieces we have produced.

Discuss how to archive today's work.

Information of "Do it" project, Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist:
https://curatorsintl.org/exhibitions/18072-do-it-2013


[[Category:RPD]]

==Session Four Nov 22 2023== 

'''Rapid Prototypes: solo + a project that may or may not be made'''

==Session Six==

'''Outcome: Group annotation of work'''

Today's pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/methodsAnnotation30-11

To prepare for this weeks Methods session please bring along 

1) a two minute video clip of your work 

'''OR''' 

2)  an image of your work (photo or drawing for instance)

We will follow restraints which serve to generate text about our work in the


[[AnnotationDirectory]]


We will work in ANNOTATION TEAMS of THREE PEOPLE


'''Morning'''

11:00 Intro, Steve

11:10 Feeding the question generator

11:15 We look at the work together and make general annotations (what, how, why, choices)



13:15 LUNCH

'''Afternoon'''

14:15  

Use template provided in [[AnnotationDirectory]] 

Work in annotation groups of 3 (30 mins each work) to go into greater detail. 


16:00 Review [[AnnotationDirectory]] together as big group


Previous note: 

This week we will make a hybrid of the Scratch Directory session (with Steve)

[[ScratchDirectory]]

and the session directed at mode of address (with Natasha)

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/16NovMethods

==Session Five==

LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Steve Rushton

==Session Six==
LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Steve Rushton

AM Annotation Directory # 2

PM Text for EYE project

Today's pad:

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/methodsAnnotation30-11

Log lines pad

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/EyeLoglines

at 2:00

1) review progress on annotation directory

[[AnnotationDirectory]] 

2) work as a group on TEXT FOR THE EYE. 

Comprising 

a.) a text about the project and 

b.) a log line about your own work (two short sentences max)

[[EyeText23]]

==Session Seven Jan 24 2024==

LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Natasha Soorbramanien 

Outcome of session: First draft of text on practice


This session will be the first of four dedicated to producing your Text on Practice (deadline 8 March):


Text on Practice Session 1 (25 Jan): Producing a first draft (with Natasha)

Text on Practice Session 2 (8 Feb): Reviewing and redrafting your text (with Natasha)

Text on Practice Session 3 (22 Feb): Editing + tutorials (with Natasha)

Text on Practice Session 4 (8 March): Final read-through + line editing + upload (with Steve) – Deadline for Text on Practice EOD


In today's session we will cover:


- An introduction to the Text on Practice + outline

- Generating, gathering and writing material for your first draft


Full plan for the day:

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LB1_RWR%26M_Text_on_Practice_1

==Session Eight Feb 7 2024==

LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Natasha Soorbramanien in the large project space

This is the 2nd of our 4 sessions dedicated to producing your Text on Practice (deadline 8 March):


Text on Practice Session 2: Reviewing and redrafting your text

Outcome: First draft + plan for second draft


Today's activities:


- Finish the writing process begun in session 1 and produce a full first draft of your Text on Practice

- Read and review one another's draft texts and share feedback

- Make a plan for your next drafts


Pad and full plan for the day:

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LB1_RW%26RM_TOP2023_session_2


Previous session recap:

Text on Practice Session 1 (25 Jan): Producing a first draft (with Natasha) https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LB1_RWR%26M_Text_on_Practice_1


Next sessions:

Text on Practice Session 3 (22 Feb): Editing + tutorials (with Natasha)

Text on Practice Session 4 (8 March): Final read-through + line editing + upload (with Steve) – Deadline for Text on Practice EOD

==Session Nine Feb 22 2024==
LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Natasha Soorbramanien in the aquarium


Text on Practice Session 3 of 4: Text on Practice (deadline 8 March)

Today's session: Redrafting/Editing + tutorials (with Natasha)


Outcome: Edited draft of Text on Practice / Plan for final draft


Pad and full plan for the day:https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LB1_RW%26RM_TOP2023_Session_3


Previous sessions:

Text on Practice Session 1 (25 Jan): Producing a first draft (with Natasha) https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LB1_RWR%26M_Text_on_Practice_1

Text on Practice Session 2 (8 Feb): Reviewing and redrafting your text https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LB1_RW%26RM_TOP2023_session_2

==Session Ten==

LB1 11:00 - 17:00 Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies with Steve Rushton

Deadline for Text on Practice: 

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Text_on_Practice_2023

(8 March): Final draft + line editing + upload (with Steve) – Deadline for Text on Practice EOD

==Session Eleven==

Scratch Directory Redo:

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/ScratchDirectory

==Session Twelve==

[[Methods10May23]]

==Session Thirteen==

[[Methods11May23]]

==Session Fourteen==

The outline

[[Future project that MAY or MAY NOT be made]]

The outcome

[[PROJECT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GET MADE]]

==Session Fifteen==

This will be the last session. We will meet again at the GRS in Sept. This week: Review of the year (what was useful, what didn't work);Edit Project That May or May Not be Made; make scratches for Project That May or May Not; individual tutorials...

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Calendars:Networked_Media_Calendar/Networked_Media_Calendar/07-06-2023_-Event_1

==Note on wiki page being searched==

Thanks to Michael M (Xpub) for this.
 

When you make a page, it's in the "Main" namespace by default.

Often these pages are personal and can better be "subpages" to your wiki 
homepage.

You can move an existing page with "Move"

Pick "User" instead of where it says "Main" (the namespace)

And give a name that starts with the students wiki user name followed by 
a slash and the pages name...

so like example:

There was a page:

(Main:)
Dave Young - Related Keywords

And I move it to be a subpage of "Dave Young" (nb the slash):

(User:)
Dave Young/Related Keywords

Then they also get a link to their user page...
'''AND by default it's not in wiki search results.'''



[[Texts on Practice 2022]]

[[Text on Practice outline 2019-2020]]

[[past methods pages]]