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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.
Welcome to the Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies page! Here you can find information about the XPUB1 ''methods class'': schedule, topic, readings and homework. In this series of bi-weekly 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==
= Trim 1: SI31 - Radio WORM: TMTOWTDI =
XPUB1: 11:00 - 17:00 Methods with Steve + Lidia, in the aquarium
During Special Issue 31 the bi-weekly methods classes will focus on reading, note taking & documentation practice:
* Reading texts relevant to the current Special Issue (reading groups);
* Group discussion to establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from;
* Establishing an annotation, note taking and documentation practice;
* Conducting a literature survey (personal reader): collect texts for personal reader related to SI and personal interests.
* Editorial work (publication): use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review).


'''Methods sesh #1 PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Lidia and Steve'''
== Week 0: (annotation) writing machines ==


[[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.]]
'''11:00 - 11:15''' 🔄 group checkin & goals for the day


'''Outcome for the day:''' 4 annotations and discussion in which reading experiences are compared.
'''11:15 - 12:00''' ✳️ Intro round: how, what and why we annotate?


'''12:00 - 12:30''' 👁️‍🗨️ Intro to Methods: the year && Trim 1


'''Outcome for the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE methods seminars (December):''' an annotated reader.
'''12:30 - 13:00''' ✏️ Intro to first annotation exercise in 3 groups


Intro:
'''13:00 - 14:00 ⏳ LUNCH BREAK'''


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.
'''14:00 - 15:30''' 🖐️ Annotation exercise


Uncreative Writing, Managing Language in the Digital Age (2011), - Introduction (p.1-14), Kenneth Goldsmith
Postprint (2021) – Introducing Postprint, N. Katherine Hayles


'''15:30 - 16:15''' 🖐️ Reconvene and discuss exercise


[[File:Math lady.jpg|thumb]]


1) Brief intros: how, what and why we annotate?  
What is your key take away from this text?
Which method(s) of annotation did you use? Why these?
How did they help you understand the text?
Which aspects of the exercise did you struggle with the most?


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.
'''16:15 - 17:00''' ✳️ Discuss how to approach annotating and reading together, (groups (size? ppl?) and methods (when to read, when and how to annotate). Closing the day
 
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).
'''Homework:''' Please read the texts chosen by your reading group!


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


Group 1
Personal reader examples from previous year (wiki):
* https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Senka/Notes_Thoughts_and_Annotations
* https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery


'''On the data set’s ruins'''
== Week 2: t.b.a. ==


Nicolas Malevé (2020)
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==


https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s00146-020-01093-w
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/AnnotateDataset'sRuins
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


Group 2
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


'''Postscript on the Societies of Control'''
= Trim 2: SI32 - to be announced! =
During Special Issue 32 the methods classes will focus on glossary writing (and thinking through questions of language, shared vocabulary, "academese", the (im)possibility of static definitions and more). Activities will include:
* Reading core theoretical texts relevant to the course and the topics discussed in the current Special Issues;
* Group discussion to establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from (glossary writing);
* Essayistic methodologies: close reading, annotation, description;
* Research methods: conducting a literature survey, interviews, observation, auto-ethnography, polls and surveys.
* Iterative drafting of texts (learning/thinking through writing): use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review).


Gilles Deleuze (1992)
== Week 0: t.b.a. ==


https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf
== Week 2: t.b.a. ==


'''Collective Annotation:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/PostscriptControlSocieties
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==


'''Subgroup Annotation:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Deleuze_Control_Group
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==
Group 3


'''The Tyranny of Structurelessness'''
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


Jo Freeman (1970-73)
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
= Trim 3: SI33 - to be announced! =
During Special Issue 33 the methods classes will focus on (re)writing Projects that May or May not be Made (PMOMMs) and the personal reader;
* Reading core theoretical texts relevant to you;
* Conducting literature survey (personal reader): filter what is relevant to your research and create comparative pieces of analysis;
* Iterative drafting of texts (learning/thinking through writing) through "Projects that May Or May not be Made" (PMOMMs) and personal reader:
** developing a method of drafting texts,
** use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review)
** structure your use of notes and references;
* Writing descriptions, analysis and contextualisation of your own (collective) practice (for personal reader and PMOMMs).  


'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/TyrannyAnnotation
== Week 0: t.b.a. ==


Group 4
== Week 2: t.b.a. ==


'''Queering Homophily'''
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==


Wendy Chun (2018)
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


https://meson.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9783957961457-Pattern-Discrimination.pdf
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


(PAGE 59)
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/QueeringHomophily
= Methods resources =
* Finding books, papers, journals: the library, the bootleg library: https://hub.xpub.nl/bootleglibrary/ other shadow libraries and online resources: [[Links_to_resources]]
* Documenting your work: this wiki!
* Collective writing: https://pad.xpub.nl
* Finding lost etherpad pages: [[Ethereal_Etherpad_Directory]]
* Notes from SI28 Writing Machines–Protocols–Feedback: [[Writing_Machines_Notebook]]
* Glossary from SI29 Gossiping at the Intersection of Crafts and Resistances: [[Grapevine]]


= Methods archive =
You can find the archive here: [[:Category:Methods|Methods Archive]]


https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsSesh123
[[Category:Methods]]
 
==Barthes Radio==
 
[[BarthesRadio]]
 
Text for next week: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/BarthesWormRadio
 
Upload Barthes sound files here: https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/BarthesRadio
 
 
[[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==
 
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''' <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
 
''Who:''<br>
Thijs<br>
Bernadette<br>
Victor<br>
Rosa
 
'''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
 
''Who:''<br>
Riviera<br>
Alessia<br>
Maria
 
'''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
 
''Who:''<br>
Zuzu<br>
Lorenzo<br>
Michel<br>
Mania
 
'''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
 
''Who:''<br>
Senka<br>
Anita<br>
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
 
[[File:Visual map.jpg|thumb|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...==
 
{{:RapidPrototypeandProject that May}}
 
==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]]

Latest revision as of 14:32, 8 July 2026

Welcome to the Reading, Writing and Research Methodologies page! Here you can find information about the XPUB1 methods class: schedule, topic, readings and homework. In this series of bi-weekly 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.

Trim 1: SI31 - Radio WORM: TMTOWTDI

During Special Issue 31 the bi-weekly methods classes will focus on reading, note taking & documentation practice:

  • Reading texts relevant to the current Special Issue (reading groups);
  • Group discussion to establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from;
  • Establishing an annotation, note taking and documentation practice;
  • Conducting a literature survey (personal reader): collect texts for personal reader related to SI and personal interests.
  • Editorial work (publication): use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review).

Week 0: (annotation) writing machines

11:00 - 11:15 🔄 group checkin & goals for the day

11:15 - 12:00 ✳️ Intro round: how, what and why we annotate?

12:00 - 12:30 👁️‍🗨️ Intro to Methods: the year && Trim 1

12:30 - 13:00 ✏️ Intro to first annotation exercise in 3 groups

13:00 - 14:00 ⏳ LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 15:30 🖐️ Annotation exercise 

Uncreative Writing, Managing Language in the Digital Age (2011), - Introduction (p.1-14), Kenneth Goldsmith
Postprint (2021) – Introducing Postprint, N. Katherine Hayles

15:30 - 16:15 🖐️ Reconvene and discuss exercise

Math lady.jpg 
What is your key take away from this text?
Which method(s) of annotation did you use? Why these?
How did they help you understand the text?
Which aspects of the exercise did you struggle with the most?

16:15 - 17:00 ✳️ Discuss how to approach annotating and reading together, (groups (size? ppl?) and methods (when to read, when and how to annotate). Closing the day

Homework: Please read the texts chosen by your reading group!


Personal reader examples from previous year (wiki):

Week 2: t.b.a.

Week 4: t.b.a.

Week 6: t.b.a.

Week 8: t.b.a.

Week 10: t.b.a.

Trim 2: SI32 - to be announced!

During Special Issue 32 the methods classes will focus on glossary writing (and thinking through questions of language, shared vocabulary, "academese", the (im)possibility of static definitions and more). Activities will include:

  • Reading core theoretical texts relevant to the course and the topics discussed in the current Special Issues;
  • Group discussion to establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from (glossary writing);
  • Essayistic methodologies: close reading, annotation, description;
  • Research methods: conducting a literature survey, interviews, observation, auto-ethnography, polls and surveys.
  • Iterative drafting of texts (learning/thinking through writing): use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review).

Week 0: t.b.a.

Week 2: t.b.a.

Week 4: t.b.a.

Week 6: t.b.a.

Week 8: t.b.a.

Week 10: t.b.a.

Trim 3: SI33 - to be announced!

During Special Issue 33 the methods classes will focus on (re)writing Projects that May or May not be Made (PMOMMs) and the personal reader;

  • Reading core theoretical texts relevant to you;
  • Conducting literature survey (personal reader): filter what is relevant to your research and create comparative pieces of analysis;
  • Iterative drafting of texts (learning/thinking through writing) through "Projects that May Or May not be Made" (PMOMMs) and personal reader:
    • developing a method of drafting texts,
    • use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review)
    • structure your use of notes and references;
  • Writing descriptions, analysis and contextualisation of your own (collective) practice (for personal reader and PMOMMs).

Week 0: t.b.a.

Week 2: t.b.a.

Week 4: t.b.a.

Week 6: t.b.a.

Week 8: t.b.a.

Week 10: t.b.a.

Methods resources

Methods archive

You can find the archive here: Methods Archive

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