Calendars:Networked Media Calendar/Networked Media Calendar/16-05-2018 -Event 2

XPUB1- RW&RM - Steve in the small project space

pad of today

BEFORE LUNCH

If not... here is plan B

Template:

Describe proposed project (interface) [what? (250) how will it be made? (125) and why is it necessary? (125)]

= 500 words

Relation to project as whole (how does it interface with the rest of the interfacing the law project)

200

Relation to your self-directed research (how does it interface with previous work or abiding interests? what new interests are you following?)

200

Issues arising

200

What needs to be done?

= breakdown tasks and make timetable

= what help will you need?

= who can help? (line up your ducks)

200

Bibliography - media-links

Use Harvard method

link to yesterday's pad:

https://pad.pzimediadesign.nl/p/itl-9

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AFTER LUNCH

1) GENERAL PROJECT

What is it?

How?

Why?

2) INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

How are you interfacing?

Describe proposed (interface) [what? (250) how will it be made? (125) and why is it necessary? (125)]

Relation to project as whole (how does it interface with the rest of the interfacing the law project)

Relation to your self-directed research (how does it interface with previous work or abiding interests? what new interests are you following?)

Timeline= now=June

Tash

What? (250)

The default web interface of the library is a space for researching as well as reading. Here users can choose to navigate through the entire X-LIB catalogue, or through various stacks. Unlike most search engines, X-LIB's is designed to prioritize ecosystems and interactions instead of results or objects. Multiple queries for non-existant items in the collection are tracked and automatically made into red links, which are visualised and placed back into the library. In this way the collection is always represented in relation to its own limits, outsides and peripheries. Making these 'wishlists' visible also offers context: we get to know our fellow researchers, situate our own knowledge with theirs. Within the core network, pirate downloaders and outlaw uploaders can interact more directly with each other. When you see an empty item, either in the full catalogue or in someone's stack, you can choose to upload to it. You can create an entire stack of wished-for items and wait for others who may have the file to help you to complete it. The search engine also offers more playful orderings like randomization or by reading time.

How will it be made? (125)

The search engine can be made using html, python and CGI scripts. The files would be stored in separate directories and JSON files which can be called and created via a web interface. Another option is to use the Semantic MediaWiki platform, which already has built in functions like the automatic creation of red links, categories and tags for archiving, and also supports the maintenance of these files. To research further: how each of these platforms will deal with user accounts / anonymity / interactivity.

Why is it necessary? Relation to project as whole (how does it interface with the rest of the PZI library project) (125)

We want this library to exist in the space between researching and the act of downloading/uploading. Piracy is necessary for studying – but it is not just about file sharing. It is also about learning what it means to be a librarian, to pass on information and to explore questions of data provenance. In this way it is important that the default interface of X-LIB explores more social modes of reading and searching.

Relation to your self-directed research (how does it interface with previous work or abiding interests? what new interests are you following?)

This project continues my research into feminist ways of representing data, of making visible what is included and what is excluded in archive. My research into the social aspects of the digital library is also relevant to the concept of enunciative materiality, which we started to explore last trimester.