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Tommi: Remove from Category Writing Machines and add to Category SI28

2025-11-30T19:43:18Z

Remove from Category Writing Machines and add to Category SI28

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	Kenneth: ''"The previous forms of borrowing in literature, collage and pastiche—taking a word from here, a sentence from there—were partially developed based on the amount of labor involved. Having to manually retype or hand-copy an entire book on a typewriter is one thing; cutting and pasting an entire book with three keystrokes—select all / copy / paste—is another."''<br>		Kenneth: ''"The previous forms of borrowing in literature, collage and pastiche—taking a word from here, a sentence from there—were partially developed based on the amount of labor involved. Having to manually retype or hand-copy an entire book on a typewriter is one thing; cutting and pasting an entire book with three keystrokes—select all / copy / paste—is another."''<br>
	Bart: Interesting how the ways we interact with content changes a lot depending on what the format is, and the possibilities of the technology at a certain time.		Bart: Interesting how the ways we interact with content changes a lot depending on what the format is, and the possibilities of the technology at a certain time.

	~~[[Category:Writing Machines]]~~

	Kenneth: ''"Koons and Prince began their careers by stating upfront that they were appropriating and intentionally “unoriginal,” whereas Frey and Leroy—even after they were caught—were still passing their works oﬀ as authentic, sincere, and personal statements to an audience clearly craving such qualities in literature."''<br>		Kenneth: ''"Koons and Prince began their careers by stating upfront that they were appropriating and intentionally “unoriginal,” whereas Frey and Leroy—even after they were caught—were still passing their works oﬀ as authentic, sincere, and personal statements to an audience clearly craving such qualities in literature."''<br>
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	Just as radicals organize Chinese characters by meaning, these linguistic roots help organize vocabulary in alphabetic systems.		Just as radicals organize Chinese characters by meaning, these linguistic roots help organize vocabulary in alphabetic systems.

			[[Category: SI28]]

LEa: /* Blog, Reflections and Piece of Writings */

2025-11-30T12:05:39Z

Blog, Reflections and Piece of Writings

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	* [[User:LEa/blog\|Lea's]]		* [[User:LEa/blog\|Lea's]]
	* [[User:Barbs/SI28\|Barbara's]]		* [[User:Barbs/SI28\|Barbara's]]

	~~[[Category: SI28]]~~

	== Writing Machines: Technotexts and Media-Specific Analysis by Katherine N. Hayles ==		== Writing Machines: Technotexts and Media-Specific Analysis by Katherine N. Hayles ==

LEa: /* Blog, Reflections and Piece of Writings */

2025-11-30T12:03:54Z

Blog, Reflections and Piece of Writings

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	* [[User:LEa/blog\|Lea's]]		* [[User:LEa/blog\|Lea's]]
	* [[User:Barbs/SI28\|Barbara's]]		* [[User:Barbs/SI28\|Barbara's]]

			[[Category: SI28]]

	== Writing Machines: Technotexts and Media-Specific Analysis by Katherine N. Hayles ==		== Writing Machines: Technotexts and Media-Specific Analysis by Katherine N. Hayles ==

Tommi: Add Tommi’s notes

2025-11-11T15:59:33Z

Add Tommi’s notes

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	= Annotations, sketches, shards, snippets, marginalia =		= Annotations, sketches, shards, snippets, marginalia =
	~~''Please use headers and edit subsections only to avoid parallel edit problems :)''~~

	== Uncreative Writing: Bart's Notes ==		== Uncreative Writing: Bart's Notes ==
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	Kenneth: ''"An afterword speculates on one potential outcome of uncreative writing, “robopoetics,” a condition whereby machines write literature meant to be read by other machines, bypassing a human readership entirely.In 1959 the poet and artist Brion Gysin claimed that writing was ﬁfty years behind painting."''<br>		Kenneth: ''"An afterword speculates on one potential outcome of uncreative writing, “robopoetics,” a condition whereby machines write literature meant to be read by other machines, bypassing a human readership entirely.In 1959 the poet and artist Brion Gysin claimed that writing was ﬁfty years behind painting."''<br>
	Bart: It's interesting to see this in comparison with AI development, text based AI was earlier but images are behind?		Bart: It's interesting to see this in comparison with AI development, text based AI was earlier but images are behind?

			== On Creativity and Inventiveness ==

			Thoughts by [[User:Tommi\|Tommi]]

			{{User:Tommi/PaJamas/On_Creativity}}

	== Reading Notes from Sibyl ==		== Reading Notes from Sibyl ==

Youjung: /* Methods 2025-10-01: Group Discussions Of Texts That Had Been Read */

2025-10-29T15:05:13Z

Methods 2025-10-01: Group Discussions Of Texts That Had Been Read

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	* Winklers symbols on the circle visually resemble the connection between stars (as in astrology)		* Winklers symbols on the circle visually resemble the connection between stars (as in astrology)
	* Language as a code is underlying computing, but the codes in computing are very inaccessible to people using other writing systems		* Language as a code is underlying computing, but the codes in computing are very inaccessible to people using other writing systems

			=== Ursula K. Le Guin: The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction(1986) ===

	== Ema's gatherings ==		== Ema's gatherings ==

Steven Rushton at 08:53, 16 October 2025

2025-10-16T08:53:46Z

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	Kenneth: ''"The previous forms of borrowing in literature, collage and pastiche—taking a word from here, a sentence from there—were partially developed based on the amount of labor involved. Having to manually retype or hand-copy an entire book on a typewriter is one thing; cutting and pasting an entire book with three keystrokes—select all / copy / paste—is another."''<br>		Kenneth: ''"The previous forms of borrowing in literature, collage and pastiche—taking a word from here, a sentence from there—were partially developed based on the amount of labor involved. Having to manually retype or hand-copy an entire book on a typewriter is one thing; cutting and pasting an entire book with three keystrokes—select all / copy / paste—is another."''<br>
	Bart: Interesting how the ways we interact with content changes a lot depending on what the format is, and the possibilities of the technology at a certain time.		Bart: Interesting how the ways we interact with content changes a lot depending on what the format is, and the possibilities of the technology at a certain time.

			[[Category:Writing Machines]]

	Kenneth: ''"Koons and Prince began their careers by stating upfront that they were appropriating and intentionally “unoriginal,” whereas Frey and Leroy—even after they were caught—were still passing their works oﬀ as authentic, sincere, and personal statements to an audience clearly craving such qualities in literature."''<br>		Kenneth: ''"Koons and Prince began their careers by stating upfront that they were appropriating and intentionally “unoriginal,” whereas Frey and Leroy—even after they were caught—were still passing their works oﬀ as authentic, sincere, and personal statements to an audience clearly craving such qualities in literature."''<br>

XiaoXuan Soda: add more

2025-10-15T14:22:46Z

add more

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	''All technotexts are metatexts but not all metatexts are technotexts,'', I believed was said by some classmates and tutor (Barbs, Tommi, Marloes(?)) while discussing this topic.		''All technotexts are metatexts but not all metatexts are technotexts,'', I believed was said by some classmates and tutor (Barbs, Tommi, Marloes(?)) while discussing this topic.



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	== Sharing from Soda: Chinese Characters as Writing Machines ==		== Sharing from Soda: Chinese Characters as Writing Machines ==

			=== 1. Writing as a System of Meaning ===
			In our group discussion, we explored the origins of Chinese characters and how they reflect the human effort to record the world through visual forms. Early Chinese writing evolved from drawings of objects and natural phenomena, gradually turning into a structured system of symbols.

			=== 2. Chinese Characters as a Logographic System ===
			Chinese writing is a '''logographic system''', in which each character carries '''meaning''' rather than representing sound alone.

			Many early characters were '''pictographic''', directly inspired by what they described.

			* '''火''' (''huǒ'', “fire”) resembles two crossed sticks with flames rising above.
			* '''日''' (''rì'', “sun”) and '''月''' (''yuè'', “moon”) depict the sun and the crescent moon.
			* '''鱼''' (''yú'', “fish”) outlines the shape of a fish.

			Although the modern forms are more abstract, their visual roots are still recognizable.

			=== 3. Radicals and Phonetic Components ===
			As the writing system developed, many characters became '''compound forms''', combining two parts:

			* A '''radical''' (semantic element) that indicates meaning.
			* A '''phonetic component''' that suggests pronunciation.

			For example:

			* '''烧''' (''shāo'', “to burn”) combines '''火''' (“fire”) with '''尧''', which gives the sound.
			* '''林''' (''lín'', “forest”) consists of two '''木''' (''mù'', “tree”), meaning “many trees.”
			* '''森''' (''sēn'', “woods”) adds a third '''木''', implying an even denser forest.

			This system reflects how meaning and sound interact within a single written unit.

			=== 4. Word Roots in Alphabetic Languages ===
			Interestingly, the concept of '''radicals''' in Chinese is somewhat similar to '''word roots and affixes''' in alphabetic languages.

			Both help readers recognize meaning and build vocabulary through patterns.

			For example:

			* In '''English''', the root ''aqua-'' means “water,” as in ''aquarium'' or ''aquatic''.
			* In '''Portuguese''', ''fogo'' means “fire,” and it appears in words like ''fogão'' (stove).
			* In '''Dutch''', ''licht'' means “light,” related to ''verlichten'' (to illuminate).
			* In '''Italian''', ''mare'' means “sea,” as in ''marino'' (marine) or ''sottomarino'' (submarine).

			Just as radicals organize Chinese characters by meaning, these linguistic roots help organize vocabulary in alphabetic systems.

XiaoXuan Soda: plus part about Chinese Characters as writing Machines

2025-10-15T14:17:53Z

plus part about Chinese Characters as writing Machines

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	''All technotexts are metatexts but not all metatexts are technotexts,'', I believed was said by some classmates and tutor (Barbs, Tommi, Marloes(?)) while discussing this topic.		''All technotexts are metatexts but not all metatexts are technotexts,'', I believed was said by some classmates and tutor (Barbs, Tommi, Marloes(?)) while discussing this topic.














			== Sharing from Soda: Chinese Characters as Writing Machines ==

BartVanLierop: /* Uncreative Writing: Bart's Notes */

2025-10-15T14:14:05Z

Uncreative Writing: Bart's Notes

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	Kenneth: ''"An afterword speculates on one potential outcome of uncreative writing, “robopoetics,” a condition whereby machines write literature meant to be read by other machines, bypassing a human readership entirely.In 1959 the poet and artist Brion Gysin claimed that writing was ﬁfty years behind painting."''<br>		Kenneth: ''"An afterword speculates on one potential outcome of uncreative writing, “robopoetics,” a condition whereby machines write literature meant to be read by other machines, bypassing a human readership entirely.In 1959 the poet and artist Brion Gysin claimed that writing was ﬁfty years behind painting."''<br>
	Bart: It's interesting to see this in comparison with AI development, text based AI was earlier but images are behind?		Bart: It's interesting to see this in comparison with AI development, text based AI was earlier but images are behind?

	~~'''''Takeaways:'''''~~
	~~W.I.P.~~

	== Reading Notes from Sibyl ==		== Reading Notes from Sibyl ==

BartVanLierop: /* Uncreative Writing: Bart's Notes */

2025-10-15T14:13:46Z

Uncreative Writing: Bart's Notes

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	Kenneth: ''"An afterword speculates on one potential outcome of uncreative writing, “robopoetics,” a condition whereby machines write literature meant to be read by other machines, bypassing a human readership entirely.In 1959 the poet and artist Brion Gysin claimed that writing was ﬁfty years behind painting."''<br>		Kenneth: ''"An afterword speculates on one potential outcome of uncreative writing, “robopoetics,” a condition whereby machines write literature meant to be read by other machines, bypassing a human readership entirely.In 1959 the poet and artist Brion Gysin claimed that writing was ﬁfty years behind painting."''<br>
	Bart: It's interesting to see this in comparison with AI development, text based AI was earlier but images are behind?		Bart: It's interesting to see this in comparison with AI development, text based AI was earlier but images are behind?

			'''''Takeaways:'''''
			W.I.P.

	== Reading Notes from Sibyl ==		== Reading Notes from Sibyl ==