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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).


Intro:
== Week 0: (annotation) writing machines ==


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.
'''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


Curriculum: The seminar will involve:  
'''12:30 - 13:00''' ✏️ Intro to first annotation exercise in 3 groups


(a.) Identifying the object of your research: description and analysis of your work
'''13:00 - 14:00 ⏳ LUNCH BREAK'''


(b.) Contextualizing your work through description and reflection on contemporary and historical practices.
'''14:00 - 15:30''' 🖐️ Annotation exercise


(c.) Identify research material key to your practice.
Uncreative Writing, Managing Language in the Digital Age (2011), - Introduction (p.1-14), Kenneth Goldsmith
Postprint (2021) – Introducing Postprint, N. Katherine Hayles


(d.) Synopsis and annotation of key texts
'''15:30 - 16:15''' 🖐️ Reconvene and discuss exercise


(e.) Writing machines: creating methods for group and individual writing.
[[File:Math lady.jpg|thumb]]


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


[[ Editing Reading, Writing & Research Methodologies - handbook information]]
'''Homework:''' Please read the texts chosen by your reading group!


https://xpub.pzimediadesign.nl/curriculum.html


[[Plagiarism]]
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


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


==Simple Wiki Style Sheet:==
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==  


Titles and works = italics
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


Essays = Title in Caps
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


Notation = Harvard System (writer, page number) = (Smith, 26)
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


URL = make link
= 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).


==Guide to Essay Writing==
== Week 0: t.b.a. ==


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


[[A Guide to Essay Writing]]
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==


==Outcome of the seminar (trimester three) ==
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


The specific outcome for the RW&RM seminar of 2016-17 will be a 1500 word text which reflects on your own method 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 method. In common with all modules on the course RW&RM serves to support your self-directed research. Therefore, the text on method 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.
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


Key texts that will inform this course
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


[[XPUB Reader]]
= 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. ==


== 16 Nov = DEADLINE FOR ESSAY FIRST DRAFT, REVIEW==
== Week 2: t.b.a. ==


==Todays task==
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==


Give a title
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


Make an abstract (two to three sentences which give outline of the text- answer: what do you want this text to do?)
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


Use the Harvard method to make references
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


Make bibliography
= 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]]


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


Notes on Harvard method are here:
[[Category:Methods]]
 
[[A Guide to Essay Writing]]
 
Jstor is a very useful resource
 
http://www.jstor.org/
 
 
This is the guideline from the last session:
 
Describe, in your own words, what the text (s) you are reading are about.
 
Why this text is of interest to you?
 
What is its relation to your self directed research?
 
How can you turn the questions these texts raise into work?
 
 
Make link to your drafts here >
 
==9 Nov==
 
Lesson plan:
 
Continuing from the last session
 
The aim between now and the end of the trimester to write an essay (1500 words max).
 
This week we will discuss the material you are working on and next session (next week) we will review the first drafts.
 
Aim of essay: Choose two texts that have been reading which have a relation to each other and make a comparison.
 
To do so you will need to make a synopsis of the texts (outline what the thesis of each is = what is the text about? = what does it have to say?).
 
 
Groups of three: Make notes on the pad of what your peers have to say.
 
http://piratepad.net/zjuOfHBY37
 
1) Writer: describe, in your own words, what the text (s) you are reading are about.
 
2) Readers: make notes on the pad of what your peer is saying.
 
Readers, ask:
 
3) Why this text is of interest to you?
 
4) What is its relation to your self directed research?
 
 
At 16:30 we meet as a group to review work done.
 
==12 Oct==
 
Lesson Plan
 
 
So far you have
 
(1) made a brief description (what, how and why?) of a project you worked on
 
and
 
(2) made notes on a lecture by Vilém Flusser and/ or Marshall McLuhan
 
If you have not done so, please make a link from the methods page to those texts: like this:
 
https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Francg/expub/media-wiriting
 
or this
 
https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Eastwood
 
(3) For Wednesday's session: Bring along a text you are reading or want to read in the near future.
 
Please choose a* text* that has a relation to the work you are doing on the course.
 
For instance, a text that may have been referred to in Florian's seminar; a text you have discussed in tutorials; or a text you have encountered in your self-directed research.
 
In this session we will devote time to making a synopsis of the text and ask how we unpick and follow productive research strands.
 
* This can be a text or other piece of media (online lecture, film or video).*
 
The key thing is that the text is important to you and relates to your own interests.
 
==28-Sept==
 
Organizing my texts on the wiki
 
Please make page for your own RW&RM entries on your "student" page
 
Here is an example of good practice:
 
https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Laurier_Rochon
 
*  ''[[User:noemievd | '''Noémie''' Vidé]]''
*  [[User:giulla | '''Giuli₳''']]
*  [[User:Buzzo | <span style="background-color:#ff9999;color:#FFF;font-family:chalkboard"> E M I L Y </span>]] http://www.arngren.net/JUL2010-reindeer05.gif
* [[User:Eastwood | Max]]
* [[User:Clàudia | ♥ Claudii]]
* [[User:Karina | Karina]]
* [[User:Francg | Franc]]
 
==28-Sept==
 
Main session:
 
Today's theme: orality and literacy
 
Task: Identify the thesis in a given text, making notes
 
AKA what is it about?:
 
Steve will read or show a series of texts. Your task is to identify and articulate the argument at the heart of the text.
 
Links:
 
Flusser
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyfOcAAcoH8
 
McLuhan
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaH51F4HBw
 
==14-Sept-Introducing Steve==
 
http://www.roddickinson.net/pages/closedcircuit/project-video.php
 
 
http://www.roddickinson.net/pages/closedcircuit/project-text-theycame.php
 
 
http://www.roddickinson.net/pages/pre_reviews/SignalNoise-Bulletin.pdf
 
 
http://www.theshowroom.org/projects/signal-noise
 
 
I started working like this because of this:
 
http://bak.spc.org/everything/
 
the last example of collaborative, discursive approach to research is this series of videos I did with Thomson & Craighead
 
http://www.thomson-craighead.net/warfilm.html
 
==What is RW&RM?==
 
==Today's Task==
 
 
 
 
300 word description of your work
 
100 words = what?
 
100=How?
 
100= why?
 
http://piratepad.net/Sz6I826p6h
 
[[last years trail]]

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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