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	* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.		* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.
	* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (2010) (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)		* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (2010) (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)
			* An overview of playtest exercises. While playtesting often involves meticulously playing by yourself, writing down bugs and filling out forms, I see it as a potential social exercise as well. Especially for this project, in which I hope to find / encorporate a performative element.

	===Wrap-up===		===Wrap-up===

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	* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.		* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.
	* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (2010) (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)		* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (2010) (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)

	[I am really struggling to find the right balance between 'informed by literature' and 'informed by my own practise'. This is a very rough first jotting down of ideas that will need to be refined and extended]

	===Wrap-up===		===Wrap-up===

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	===~~Conclusion~~===		===Wrap-up===
			Similar to how the introduction provides an opportunity to sketch the situation of the thesis going into and working on the project, a concluding chapter is a chance to reflect on the project and speculate what might be next steps for developing it, or what might be next avenues to explore for myself. By the nature of such a conclusion, I cannot go into detail yet on its contents.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	==References==		==References==
	[~~To do~~]		* Green, J. (2018-2021) ''The Anthroposcene Reviewed'' [Podcast]. Complexly. Available at: https://complexly.com/shows/the-anthropocene-reviewed/ (Accessed: 2024-11-21)
			* ''Get Lamp'' (2010) [web]. Directed by J. Scott. USA: Bovine Ignition Systems

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	Some hypothetical chapters I could foresee being part of this thesis:		Some hypothetical chapters I could foresee being part of this thesis:
	* A reflection on the pen plotter practise I've been building as a means to talk about the virtue of so-called obsolete media in the current media landscape (A personal essay much like those in ''The Anthroposcene Reviewed''). This will segue into a personal analysis of the virtue of text-adventures nowadays.		* A reflection on the pen plotter practise I've been building as a means to talk about the virtue of so-called obsolete media in the current media landscape (A personal essay much like those in ''The Anthroposcene Reviewed'', 2018-2021). This will segue into a personal analysis of the virtue of text-adventures nowadays.
	* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.		* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.
	* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)		* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (2010) (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)

	[I am really struggling to find the right balance between 'informed by literature' and 'informed by my own practise'. This is a very rough first jotting down of ideas that will need to be refined and extended]		[I am really struggling to find the right balance between 'informed by literature' and 'informed by my own practise'. This is a very rough first jotting down of ideas that will need to be refined and extended]

Thijshijsijsjss: Add some words on the introduction

2024-11-21T10:31:09Z

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	==Thesis Structure==		==Thesis Structure==
	===Introduction===		===Introduction===
			The introduction is meant to situate the thesis in the bigger scope of the project. In becoming part of a bigger game manual, the different chapters of this thesis will eventually be contextualized in a more encompassing document. As a result, the thesis on its own migth face danger of being a incoherent or unclearly situated without the context of the whole project. I see the introduction as an opportunity to address this and provide the context and glue for the chapters to come. For this reason, I could see the introduction as a chapter that won't become part of the manual.

	===Chapters===		===Chapters===

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	===Could the Manual and Thesis be One?===		===Could the Manual and Thesis be One?===
	[1] One might ask: why would it ''house'' the thesis? Can the manual not ''be'' the thesis? The answer to this question ''could'' be yes. However, I am hesitant: in many ways, the manual will be in part a work of creative writing. If manual and thesis are one and the same, it would mean the thesis is a work of creative writing. As 'the presentation of a text as a body of creative written work' was discouraged by the GRS tutors, I am more inclined to have the thesis be part of a bigger whole, which should allow for more freedom of format in the manual without inhibiting the thesis. Moreover, the thesis has an 8000 words limit. There is a high likelihood that any manual would require many words that are not directly contributing to a thesis's message (e.g. an overview of commands in the text adventure game). Designing the thesis as its own work will make this a more coherent, to the point writing while at the same time allowing, again, for more creative freedom in designing the manual. At the same time, this structure enables me to do the bulk of the writing for the manual through the thesis, and ensures I'm not doing double work by having to design a manual from scratch on top of the thesis. So, given the limited timeframe of the project, the requirements of the thesis and the thematic considerations for this project as a whole, I deem it best for the manual to ''house'' the thesis.		[1] One might ask: why would it ''house'' the thesis? Can the manual not ''be'' the thesis? The answer to this question ''could'' be yes. However, I am hesitant: in many ways, the manual will be in part a work of creative writing. If manual and thesis are one and the same, it would mean the thesis is a work of creative writing. As 'the presentation of a text as a body of creative written work' was discouraged by the GRS tutors, I am more inclined to have the thesis be part of a bigger whole, which should allow for more freedom of format in the manual without inhibiting the thesis. Moreover, the thesis has an 8000 words limit. There is a high likelihood that any manual would require many words that are not directly contributing to a thesis's message (e.g. an overview of commands in the text adventure game). Designing the thesis as its own work will make this a more coherent, to the point writing while at the same time allowing, again, for more creative freedom in designing the manual. At the same time, this structure enables me to do the bulk of the writing for the manual through the thesis, and ensures I'm not doing double work by having to design a manual from scratch on top of the thesis. So, given the limited timeframe of the project, the requirements of the thesis and the thematic considerations for this project as a whole, I deem it best for the manual to ''house'' the thesis.

			==References==
			[To do]
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	Some hypothetical chapters I could foresee being part of this thesis:		Some hypothetical chapters I could foresee being part of this thesis:
	* A reflection on the pen plotter practise I've been building as a means to talk about the virtue of so-called obsolete media in the current media landscape (A personal essay much like those in ''The ~~anthroposcene~~ Reviewed''). This will segue into a personal analysis of the virtue of text-adventures nowadays.		* A reflection on the pen plotter practise I've been building as a means to talk about the virtue of so-called obsolete media in the current media landscape (A personal essay much like those in ''The Anthroposcene Reviewed''). This will segue into a personal analysis of the virtue of text-adventures nowadays.
	* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.		* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.
	* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)		* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Note on Mode of Address===		===Note on Mode(s) of Address===
			As described throughout this page, the thesis is meant to support ''Human Parser'' in various ways by integration into the game manual. The project juggles different fields of interest (disassociation, text-adventures, obsolete media, to name a few), and these all might benefit from a different mode of address. Like described above, one might be investigated through an interview, another through a personal reflection. Overall, however, the mode of address should be clear: it is a game manual. I am confident this format (this mode) allows for these different sub-modes to coexist.

	===Could the Manual and Thesis be One?===		===Could the Manual and Thesis be One?===
	[1] One might ask: why would it ''house'' the thesis? Can the manual not ''be'' the thesis? The answer to this question ''could'' be yes. However, I am hesitant: in many ways, the manual will be in part a work of creative writing. If manual and thesis are one and the same, it would mean the thesis is a work of creative writing. As 'the presentation of a text as a body of creative written work' was discouraged by the GRS tutors, I am more inclined to have the thesis be part of a bigger whole, which should allow for more freedom of format in the manual without inhibiting the thesis. Moreover, the thesis has an 8000 words limit. There is a high likelihood that any manual would require many words that are not directly contributing to a thesis's message (e.g. an overview of commands in the text adventure game). Designing the thesis as its own work will make this a more coherent, to the point writing while at the same time allowing, again, for more creative freedom in designing the manual. At the same time, this structure enables me to do the bulk of the writing for the manual through the thesis, and ensures I'm not doing double work by having to design a manual from scratch on top of the thesis. So, given the limited timeframe of the project, the requirements of the thesis and the thematic considerations for this project as a whole, I deem it best for the manual to ''house'' the thesis.		[1] One might ask: why would it ''house'' the thesis? Can the manual not ''be'' the thesis? The answer to this question ''could'' be yes. However, I am hesitant: in many ways, the manual will be in part a work of creative writing. If manual and thesis are one and the same, it would mean the thesis is a work of creative writing. As 'the presentation of a text as a body of creative written work' was discouraged by the GRS tutors, I am more inclined to have the thesis be part of a bigger whole, which should allow for more freedom of format in the manual without inhibiting the thesis. Moreover, the thesis has an 8000 words limit. There is a high likelihood that any manual would require many words that are not directly contributing to a thesis's message (e.g. an overview of commands in the text adventure game). Designing the thesis as its own work will make this a more coherent, to the point writing while at the same time allowing, again, for more creative freedom in designing the manual. At the same time, this structure enables me to do the bulk of the writing for the manual through the thesis, and ensures I'm not doing double work by having to design a manual from scratch on top of the thesis. So, given the limited timeframe of the project, the requirements of the thesis and the thematic considerations for this project as a whole, I deem it best for the manual to ''house'' the thesis.
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	===Chapters===		===Chapters===
			[this is a work in progess]
			Some hypothetical chapters I could foresee being part of this thesis:
			* A reflection on the pen plotter practise I've been building as a means to talk about the virtue of so-called obsolete media in the current media landscape (A personal essay much like those in ''The anthroposcene Reviewed''). This will segue into a personal analysis of the virtue of text-adventures nowadays.
			* A compilation of anecdotes / personal experiences (mine and others') around the question 'What is a manual, anyway?', as a thematic insight into how and why the game's narrative was formed. In a recent conversation with Michael, I told him the 'robot evaluation form' used in [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human_Parser/The_Robot_Assembly_Line_and_Social_Performance_Testing_Facility\|my 2024-11-04 public moment]] was an adaptation (replacing 'toddler' with 'robot') of a 'has your toddler autism screening test' I had found online. In my experience, these lists can be very perverted (this one certainly was), and being handed out by (self-proclaimed) authorities, they really shape the lens through which people see e.g. autism (people including caretakers, medical workers and the person taking the quesionnaire). Michael suggested this could be part of the thesis as well: first an adapted questionnaire, that fits the game's narrative, as an invitation for readers to reflect. Then, reveal the source of this questionnaire. I could see something like this part of a chapter like described here.
			* A conversation with archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott, director of the documentary [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp] (I am hopeful this is a possiblity, after Manetta notified me he has spoken at [https://www.floppytotaal.org/events.html FLOPPY TOTAAL] in 2017 and 2019)

			[I am really struggling to find the right balance between 'informed by literature' and 'informed by my own practise'. This is a very rough first jotting down of ideas that will need to be refined and extended]

	===Conclusion===		===Conclusion===