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In this series of workshops we concentrate on methods of annotation and text analysis which help us research this trimester's Special Issue. Each session has a specific outcome.

XPUB1: 20 Sept 2023- 11:00 - 17:00 Methods for PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Steve + Lidia, in the aquarium

XPUB1: 11:00 - 17:00 Methods with Steve + Lidia, in the aquarium

Methods sesh #1 PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Lidia and Steve

André Malraux's "The imaginary museum" from 1950. Image: Krauss, Rosalind: Das Schicksalsministerium, In: Wolf, Herta (Ed.): Paradigma Fotografie-Fotokritik am Ende des fotografischen Zeitalters. Bd. 1. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp Verlag. 2002, p. 395.

Outcome for the day: 4 annotations and discussion in which reading experiences are compared.

Outcome for the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE methods seminars (December): an annotated reader.

Intro:

Whilst working on PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE, the methods sessions provide a moment to step back and consider the special issue we are working on. We take time to reflect. In the first session we will experiment with methods of collective annotation. This is an informal, group activity that helps collective reading and thinking. We read and take notes, share knowledge and raise questions.

1) Brief intros: how, what and why we annotate?

Protocol: For this session Steve and Lidia have chosen 4 texts which relate to PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE. We will try out a collective annotation in a big group to establish the principle. As we progress, we can use these reading and annotation sessions to add texts (in which case "text" can be widely defined) and establish new protocols through which to collectively annotate. After several sessions a "reader" will be generated.

2) The group split into 4 sub-groups and annotate one of the texts below.

3) The groups will gather into one group and reflect on their reading of the texts (the "thesis", the similarities and differences between texts).

4) Building a PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE bibliography together (in which case "bibliography" can be widely defined).

Group 1

On the data set’s ruins

Nicolas Malevé (2020)

https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s00146-020-01093-w

ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/AnnotateDataset'sRuins

Group 2

Postscript on the Societies of Control

Gilles Deleuze (1992)

https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf

Collective Annotation: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/PostscriptControlSocieties

Subgroup Annotation: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Deleuze_Control_Group

Group 3

The Tyranny of Structurelessness

Jo Freeman (1970-73)

https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/TyrannyAnnotation

Group 4

Queering Homophily

Wendy Chun (2018)

https://meson.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9783957961457-Pattern-Discrimination.pdf

(PAGE 59)

ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/QueeringHomophily

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsSesh123

Barthes Radio

BarthesRadio

Text for next week: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/BarthesWormRadio

Upload Barthes sound files here: https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/BarthesRadio

Album of photographs gathered by Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), Italian criminologist: the photographs correspond to different types of criminals (at least according to the system Lombroso used). “The criminal man”

Methods Session #2

11:00 - 17:00 Xpub1 Methods with Lídia

Methods sesh #2 PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Lídia

Outcome for the day: Collective visual mapping exercise, introduction to PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary

Outcome for the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE methods seminars (December): an annotated reader.

Intro:

In the second session, we will finish the collective annotation experiment of our previous session. In order to start processing the materials and connecting these texts to what you have been doing and reading with Michael, Manetta & Joseph, we will then get started on a visual mapping exercise in order to link concepts, practices and ideas. This map will be an ongoing process. Finally, we will introduce the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary.

1) Finish collective annotation exercise in 4 groups.

2) The groups will gather into one group and reflect on their reading of the texts (the commonalities, the divergences, the updates, agreements and disagreements).

3) Collective visual mapping of concepts, practices and ideas discussed so far.

3) Introduction of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary.

PAD OF THE DAY: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsSesh410

Group 1
"On the data set’s ruins", Nicolas Malevé (2020)
https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s00146-020-01093-w
ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/AnnotateDataset'sRuins

Who:
Thijs
Bernadette
Victor
Rosa

Group 2
"Postscript on the Societies of Control", Gilles Deleuze (1992)
https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf
ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Deleuze_Control_Group

Who:
Riviera
Alessia
Maria

Group 3
"The Tyranny of Structurelessness", Jo Freeman (1970-73)
https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/TyrannyAnnotation

Who:
Zuzu
Lorenzo
Michel
Mania

Group 4
"Queering Homophily", Wendy Chun (2018)
https://meson.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9783957961457-Pattern-Discrimination.pdf (PAGE 59)
ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/QueeringHomophily

Who:
Senka
Anita
Wang

Methods Session #3

with Steve

Outcomes: A GLOSSARY for a PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE + Visual map of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE.

Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Wed-11-Oct23

Visual map

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Problemsofnotation-for_annotation

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

11:00 Review progress;

Intro: The Annotated Problems of Annotation are Problems of the Masses (some links and rabbit holes).

From 11:30 work on

AM: Visual Map (use to gather words for glossary)

PM: Glossary for an Active Archive

"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."

GLOSSARY of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE

Definition (general)

Definition (as used by us)

Mentioned in:

In use (in context; example)

Glossary of productive play

This is a TEST PAGE

Prototype for a Glossary

This is the glossary:

Wordhole

Wordhole as category list

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Category:Wordhole

Post-Apocalypse

11:00 - 17:00: The first Post-Apocalypse (ongoing apocalypse) Methods class with Steve

Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/2023-11-29

Project That May...

Pad That May or May not be...: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/17-4-24MethodsProjectsThat

Upload link to Project That May or May Not Be Made here:

Bernadette: User:Berna Bereit Project That May or May Not Be Made

Senka: Projects that May or May not be Made

Zuzu

Maria: User:Mxrwho/SI24 Repository

Thijs's PTMoMNBM depot

Lorenzo's Projects that May/Mayn't

Anita: Knitting city noise

Riviera's Project That May or May not be Made

Previous PMOMM - Rapid Prototype session:

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Problemsofnotation-for_annotation

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

Brian Eno: Oblique Strategies (card game)

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

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

Project That May or May Not Be Made template

What is it?

Why make it?

Workflow

Timetable

Rapid prototypes (scratches)

Previous practice

Relation to a wider context

Choice made

Rapid prototype template

Write one sentence instruction for a work.

Make it.

Previously:

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/NotationsExperiment22

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Rapid_Prototype_Directory_LB1

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

Previously...

Archive of the 2023 methods sessions: Methods2023Archive

Here is a link to Xpub Rapid Prototypes and Projects That May or May Not:

Rapid Prototype Session 2

Here is a page with all the methods sessions in SI18, SI19, SI20 (made for the audit by Leslie and Manetta): Methods SI18 SI19 SI20.

Here is the archive of methods sessions from previous years Pre2020Methods

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+In this series of workshops we concentrate on methods of annotation and text analysis which help us research this trimester's Special Issue. Each session has a specific outcome.
+==XPUB1: 20 Sept 2023- 11:00 - 17:00 Methods for PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Steve + Lidia, in the aquarium==
+XPUB1: 11:00 - 17:00 Methods with Steve + Lidia, in the aquarium
+'''Methods sesh #1 PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Lidia and Steve'''
+[[File:AndreMalrauxs1950.png|400px|thumb|left|André Malraux's "The imaginary museum" from 1950. Image: Krauss, Rosalind: Das Schicksalsministerium, In: Wolf, Herta (Ed.): Paradigma Fotografie-Fotokritik am Ende des fotografischen Zeitalters. Bd. 1. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp Verlag. 2002, p. 395.]]
+'''Outcome for the day:''' 4 annotations and discussion in which reading experiences are compared.
+'''Outcome for the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE methods seminars (December):''' an annotated reader.
 Intro:
-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.
+Whilst working on PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE, the methods sessions provide a moment to step back and consider the special issue we are working on. We take time to reflect. In the first session we will experiment with methods of collective annotation. This is  an informal, group activity that helps collective reading and thinking. We read and take notes, share knowledge and raise questions.
-<span style="float:right;">[[Image:Bug.gif]]</span>
+) Brief intros: how, what and why we annotate?
-Curriculum: The seminar will involve:
+Protocol: For this session Steve and Lidia have chosen 4 texts which relate to PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE.   We will try out a collective annotation in a big group to establish the principle. As we progress, we can use these reading and annotation sessions to add texts (in which case "text" can be widely defined) and establish new protocols through which to collectively annotate. After several sessions a "reader" will be generated.
+) The group split into 4 sub-groups and annotate one of the texts below.
-(a.) Identifying the object of your research: description and analysis of your work
+) The groups will gather into one group and reflect on their reading of the texts (the "thesis", the similarities and differences between texts).
-(b.) Contextualizing your work through description and reflection on contemporary and historical practices.
+) Building a PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE bibliography together (in which case "bibliography" can be widely defined).
-(c.) Identify research material key to your practice.
+Group 1
-(d.) Synopsis and annotation of key texts
+'''On the data set’s ruins'''
-(e.) Writing machines: creating methods for group and individual writing.
+Nicolas Malevé (2020)
-Throughout, there will be an emphasis on working collectively, whether in a larger discussion group or in smaller reading and writing groups.
+https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s00146-020-01093-w
+'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/AnnotateDataset'sRuins
-[[ Editing Reading, Writing & Research Methodologies - handbook information]]
+Group 2
-https://xpub.pzimediadesign.nl/curriculum.html
+'''Postscript on the Societies of Control'''
-[[Plagiarism]]
+Gilles Deleuze (1992)
+https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf
-==Simple Wiki Style Sheet:==
+'''Collective Annotation:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/PostscriptControlSocieties
-Titles and works = ''italics''
+'''Subgroup Annotation:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Deleuze_Control_Group
+Group 3
-Essays = Title in Caps
+'''The Tyranny of Structurelessness'''
-Notation = Harvard System (writer, page number) = (Smith, 26)
+Jo Freeman (1970-73)
-URL = make link
+https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
-==Guide to Essay Writing==
+'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/TyrannyAnnotation
-<span style="float:right;">[[Image:Bug.gif]]</span>
+Group 4
-[[A Guide to Essay Writing]]
+'''Queering Homophily'''
-==Outcome of the seminar (trimester three) ==
+Wendy Chun (2018)
-The specific outcome for the RW&RM seminar of 2019-20 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 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. Therefore, the text on practice will inform your Self-Evaluation at the end of the third trimester and provide the basis for your Graduate Project Proposal that you will produce in the fourth trimester. Therefore, the text on practice will inform your Self-Evaluation at the end of the third trimester and provide the basis for your Graduate Project Proposal that you will produce in the fourth trimester.
+https://meson.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9783957961457-Pattern-Discrimination.pdf
-==Session One==
+(PAGE 59)
-Each session of RW&RM seminar has a practical outcome
+'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/QueeringHomophily
-The aim is to help with your research for the Special Issue.
-Today’s session will have two outcomes
+https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsSesh123
-) A 300 word description of your past work
+==Barthes Radio==
-) A synopsis and abstract of a text you are reading in relation to the Special Issue.
+[[BarthesRadio]]
+Text for next week: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/BarthesWormRadio
-TODAY'S SESSION
+Upload Barthes sound files here: https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/BarthesRadio
-) MORNING: conduct a warm-up exercise in which you will write and co-edit a series of texts together.
-You will publish these on the wiki at 14:00.
+[[File:CesareLombroso.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Album of photographs gathered by Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), Italian criminologist: the photographs correspond to different types of criminals (at least according to the system Lombroso used). “The criminal man”]]
+==Methods Session #2==
-) AFTERNOON: In the afternoon session we will ask: what would the entreprecariat reader look like?
+:00 - 17:00 Xpub1 Methods with Lídia
-How can you navigate, share and consolidate the knowledge you are gaining for Special Issue 7?
+'''Methods sesh #2 PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Lídia'''
-We will discuss and experiment with the methods of synopsis, annotation and abstraction which allow for easy orientation and articulation of a corpus of texts. We will begin designing a method in the weeks we will work on Special Issue 7
+'''Outcome for the day:''' Collective visual mapping exercise, introduction to PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary
+'''Outcome for the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE methods seminars (December):''' an annotated reader.
+'''Intro:'''
-AGENDA:
+In the second session, we will finish the collective annotation experiment of our previous session. In order to start processing the materials and connecting these texts to what you have been doing and reading with Michael, Manetta & Joseph, we will then get started on a visual mapping exercise in order to link concepts, practices and ideas. This map will be an ongoing process. Finally, we will introduce the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary.
-:00- 11:30 Discuss with Steve how the Special Issue is developing. The aim is to incorporate the research you are doing with the special issue with that of the methods class
+) Finish collective annotation exercise in 4 groups.
-:30- 14:00
+) The groups will gather into one group and reflect on their reading of the texts (the commonalities, the divergences, the updates, agreements and disagreements).
-'''A description of past work'''
+) Collective visual mapping of concepts, practices and ideas discussed so far.
-word description of your work
+) Introduction of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary.
-words = what?
+PAD OF THE DAY: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsSesh410
-=How?
+'''Group 1''' <br>
+"On the data set’s ruins", Nicolas Malevé (2020)<br>
+https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s00146-020-01093-w<br>
+ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/AnnotateDataset'sRuins
-= why?
+''Who:''<br>
+Thijs<br>
+Bernadette<br>
+Victor<br>
+Rosa
-a) 11:30-12:30: write texts
+'''Group 2'''<br>
+"Postscript on the Societies of Control", Gilles Deleuze (1992)<br>
+https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf<br>
+ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Deleuze_Control_Group
-b) 12:30- 13:30: in groups of three. Writer, remain SILENT whilst the two readers give feedback on their text, make notes on the changes they suggest.
+''Who:''<br>
+Riviera<br>
+Alessia<br>
+Maria
-c) 13:30: edit your text
+'''Group 3'''<br>
+"The Tyranny of Structurelessness", Jo Freeman (1970-73)<br>
+https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm<br>
+ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/TyrannyAnnotation
-d) 14:15 upload text
+''Who:''<br>
+Zuzu<br>
+Lorenzo<br>
+Michel<br>
+Mania
-Upload here:
+'''Group 4'''<br>
+"Queering Homophily", Wendy Chun (2018)<br>
+https://meson.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9783957961457-Pattern-Discrimination.pdf (PAGE 59)<br>
+ANNOTATE HERE: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/QueeringHomophily
-[[WhatHowWhy26-9-18]]
+''Who:''<br>
+Senka<br>
+Anita<br>
+Wang
+=== Methods Session #3===
-AFTERNOON SESSION
+* with Steve
-:15- 17:30
+Outcomes: A GLOSSARY for a PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE + Visual map of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE.
-[https://pad.xpub.nl/p/RW&RM_26_9_18 Pad 26.09.18]
+Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Wed-11-Oct23
-'''What would the entreprecariat reader look like?'''
+[[File:Visual map.jpg|thumb|Visual map]]
-Steve's intro
+https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Problemsofnotation-for_annotation
-Gather key texts  (recommendations in relation to the special issue + other texts)
+References:
-Allocate readers-writers to particular texts
+Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes (1969) http://intuitivemusic.dk/iima/sonsn.pdf
-Make synopsis (300 - 500 words)
+John Cage's Song Books Vol 1 (1970) https://monoskop.org/images/0/03/Cage_John_Song_Books_Volume_1.pdf
-Ask what is the argument (thesis)?
+Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LensBasedScratchNov2
-What is the conclusion?
+Addition to small library: Eno: Oblique Strategies (card game)
-What is your opinion?
+https://monoskop.org/images/8/8c/Eno_Brian_Schmidt_Peter_Oblique_Strategies.pdf
-Make abstract (150 words max)
-OUTCOME: by the end of the day we will have synopsis of eight texts relating to the subject of the special issue
+:00 Review progress;
-[[Steve Suggests 26-9-18]]
+Intro: The Annotated Problems of Annotation are Problems of the Masses (some links and rabbit holes).
-:30 Upload, review and recap today's outcomes; discuss aims for next session.
+From 11:30 work on
-Next stage (after this session) put texts discussed together along with the abstracts and synopses into a provisional reader – it grows (like the Whole Earth Catalogue) as you add texts, as the project.
-Discuss forms this can take and workflow which takes reading, annotation and synopsis and abstract making as a collective research practice which feeds into Special Issue (Wiki? Pad?,Rasberry Pi?)
-==Session two : WE MAKE A READER!==
+AM: Visual Map (use to gather words for glossary)
-Motivational messages pad (from Andre's class):
+PM: Glossary for an Active Archive
-https://pad.xpub.nl/p/motivational-banners
+"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
-Pad from meeting on 06 October:
+[[GLOSSARY of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE]]
-https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Life_Hacks_06_10_18
+Definition (general)
-Upload your text on:
+Definition (as used by us)
-https://pad.xpub.nl/p/RW&RM_26_9_18
+Mentioned in:
-https://pad.xpub.nl/p/10.10.2018
+In use (in context; example)
-Follow the format of
+[[Glossary of productive play]]
-'''Writer —
+This is a TEST PAGE
-Title
+[[Prototype for a Glossary]]
-Publisher and date –
-Abstract
+This is the glossary:
-Synopsis'''
+=='''[[Wordhole]]'''==
+Wordhole as category list
+https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Category:Wordhole
-The Entreprecariat Reader,  edition one
+==Post-Apocalypse==
-) hard copy versions
+:00 - 17:00: The first Post-Apocalypse (ongoing apocalypse) Methods class with Steve
-) printable version (pdf)
+Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/2023-11-29
-) website
+==Project That May...==
--13:00 compile texts
+Pad That May or May not be...: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/17-4-24MethodsProjectsThat
-:00-14:00 discuss possible outcomes- make decision before lunch
+{{:RapidPrototypeandProject that May}}
-:00 -17:00 make your reader (in two groups – two versions?)
+==Previously...==
-:00 discuss ways forward
+Archive of the 2023 methods sessions: [[Methods2023Archive]]
-PRINT DRAFT VERSION
+Here is a link to Xpub Rapid Prototypes and Projects That May or May Not:
-NEXT SESSION EDITING THE READER
+[[Rapid Prototype Session 2]]
+Here is a page with all the methods sessions in SI18, SI19, SI20 (made for the audit by Leslie and Manetta): [[Methods SI18 SI19 SI20]].
-[[Methods wiki 2017-18]]
+Here is the archive of methods sessions from previous years [[Pre2020Methods]]