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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

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
-Intro:
+'''Methods sesh #1 PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Lidia and Steve'''
-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.
+[[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.
-Curriculum: The seminar will involve:
+'''Outcome for the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE methods seminars (December):''' an annotated reader.
-(a.) Identifying the object of your research: description and analysis of your work
+Intro:
-(b.) Contextualizing your work through description and reflection on contemporary and historical practices.
-(c.) Identify research material key to your practice.
-(d.) Synopsis and annotation of key texts
-(e.) Writing machines: creating methods for group and individual writing.
-Throughout, there will be an emphasis on working collectively, whether in a larger discussion group or in smaller reading and writing groups.
-[[ Editing Reading, Writing & Research Methodologies - handbook information]]
-https://xpub.pzimediadesign.nl/curriculum.html
-[[Plagiarism]]
+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.
-==Simple Wiki Style Sheet:==
-Titles and works = italics
-Essays = Title in Caps
+) Brief intros: how, what and why we annotate?
-Notation = Harvard System (writer, page number) = (Smith, 26)
+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.
-URL = make link
+) The groups will gather into one group and reflect on their reading of the texts (the "thesis", the similarities and differences between texts).
-==Guide to Essay Writing==
+) Building a PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE bibliography together (in which case "bibliography" can be widely defined).
+Group 1
-[[A Guide to Essay Writing]]
+'''On the data set’s ruins'''
-==Outcome of the seminar (trimester three) ==
+Nicolas Malevé (2020)
-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.
+https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s00146-020-01093-w
-Key texts that will inform this course
+'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/AnnotateDataset'sRuins
-[[XPUB Reader]]
+Group 2
+'''Postscript on the Societies of Control'''
-== 16 Nov = DEADLINE FOR ESSAY FIRST DRAFT, REVIEW==
+Gilles Deleuze (1992)
+https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf
- Describe, in your own words, what the text (s) you are reading are about.
+'''Collective Annotation:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/PostscriptControlSocieties
-  Why this text is of interest to you?
+'''Subgroup Annotation:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Deleuze_Control_Group
+Group 3
-What is its relation to your self directed research?
+'''The Tyranny of Structurelessness'''
-How can you turn the questions these texts raise into work?
+Jo Freeman (1970-73)
+https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
-Make link to your drafts here >
+'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/TyrannyAnnotation
-==9 Nov==
+Group 4
-Lesson plan:
+'''Queering Homophily'''
-Continuing from the last session
+Wendy Chun (2018)
-The aim between now and the end of the trimester to write an essay (1500 words max).
+https://meson.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9783957961457-Pattern-Discrimination.pdf
-This week we will discuss the material you are working on and next session (next week) we will review the first drafts.
+(PAGE 59)
-Aim of essay: Choose two texts that have been reading which have a relation to each other and make a comparison.
+'''ANNOTATE HERE:''' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/QueeringHomophily
-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?).
+https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsSesh123
-Groups of three: Make notes on the pad of what your peers have to say.
+==Barthes Radio==
-http://piratepad.net/zjuOfHBY37
+[[BarthesRadio]]
-) Writer: describe, in your own words, what the text (s) you are reading are about.
+Text for next week: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/BarthesWormRadio
-) Readers: make notes on the pad of what your peer is saying.
+Upload Barthes sound files here: https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/BarthesRadio
-Readers, ask:
-) Why this text is of interest to you?
+[[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”]]
-) What is its relation to your self directed research?
+==Methods Session #2==
+:00 - 17:00 Xpub1 Methods with Lídia
-At 16:30 we meet as a group to review work done.
+'''Methods sesh #2 PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE with Lídia'''
-==12 Oct==
+'''Outcome for the day:''' Collective visual mapping exercise, introduction to PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary
-Lesson Plan
+'''Outcome for the PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE methods seminars (December):''' an annotated reader.
+'''Intro:'''
-So far you have
+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) made a brief description (what, how and why?) of a project you worked on
+) Finish collective annotation exercise in 4 groups.
-and
+) The groups will gather into one group and reflect on their reading of the texts (the commonalities, the divergences, the updates, agreements and disagreements).
-(2) made notes on a lecture by Vilém Flusser and/ or Marshall McLuhan
+) Collective visual mapping of concepts, practices and ideas discussed so far.
-If you have not done so, please make a link from the methods page to those texts: like this:
+) Introduction of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE glossary.
-https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Francg/expub/media-wiriting
+PAD OF THE DAY: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MethodsSesh410
-or this
+'''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
-https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Eastwood
+''Who:''<br>
+Thijs<br>
+Bernadette<br>
+Victor<br>
+Rosa
-(3) For Wednesday's session: Bring along a text you are reading or want to read in the near future.
+'''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
-Please choose a* text* that has a relation to the work you are doing on the course.
+''Who:''<br>
+Riviera<br>
+Alessia<br>
+Maria
-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.
+'''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
-In this session we will devote time to making a synopsis of the text and ask how we unpick and follow productive research strands.
+''Who:''<br>
+Zuzu<br>
+Lorenzo<br>
+Michel<br>
+Mania
-* This can be a text or other piece of media (online lecture, film or video).*
+'''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
-The key thing is that the text is important to you and relates to your own interests.
+''Who:''<br>
+Senka<br>
+Anita<br>
+Wang
-==28-Sept==
+=== Methods Session #3===
-Organizing my texts on the wiki
+* with Steve
-Please make page for your own RW&RM entries on your "student" page
+Outcomes: A GLOSSARY for a PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE + Visual map of PROTOCOLS FOR AN ACTIVE ARCHIVE.
-Here is an example of good practice:
+Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Wed-11-Oct23
-https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Laurier_Rochon
+[[File:Visual map.jpg|thumb|Visual map]]
-*  ''[[User:noemievd | '''Noémie''' Vidé]]''
+https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Problemsofnotation-for_annotation
-*  [[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==
+References:
-Main session:
+Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes (1969) http://intuitivemusic.dk/iima/sonsn.pdf
-Today's theme: orality and literacy
+John Cage's Song Books Vol 1 (1970) https://monoskop.org/images/0/03/Cage_John_Song_Books_Volume_1.pdf
-Task: Identify the thesis in a given text, making notes
+Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/LensBasedScratchNov2
-AKA what is it about?:
+Addition to small library: Eno: Oblique Strategies (card game)
-Steve will read or show a series of texts. Your task is to identify and articulate the argument at the heart of the text.
+https://monoskop.org/images/8/8c/Eno_Brian_Schmidt_Peter_Oblique_Strategies.pdf
-Links:
-Flusser
+:00 Review progress;
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyfOcAAcoH8
+Intro: The Annotated Problems of Annotation are Problems of the Masses (some links and rabbit holes).
-McLuhan
+From 11:30 work on
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaH51F4HBw
+AM: Visual Map (use to gather words for glossary)
-==14-Sept-Introducing Steve==
+PM: Glossary for an Active Archive
-http://www.roddickinson.net/pages/closedcircuit/project-video.php
+"'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]]
-http://www.roddickinson.net/pages/closedcircuit/project-text-theycame.php
+Definition (general)
+Definition (as used by us)
-http://www.roddickinson.net/pages/pre_reviews/SignalNoise-Bulletin.pdf
+Mentioned in:
+In use (in context; example)
-http://www.theshowroom.org/projects/signal-noise
+[[Glossary of productive play]]
+This is a TEST PAGE
-I started working like this because of this:
+[[Prototype for a Glossary]]
-http://bak.spc.org/everything/
-the last example of collaborative, discursive approach to research is this series of videos I did with Thomson & Craighead
+This is the glossary:
-http://www.thomson-craighead.net/warfilm.html
+=='''[[Wordhole]]'''==
-==What is RW&RM?==
+Wordhole as category list
-==Today's Task==
+https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Category:Wordhole
+==Post-Apocalypse==
+: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
-word description of your work
+==Previously...==
-words = what?
+Archive of the 2023 methods sessions: [[Methods2023Archive]]
-=How?
+Here is a link to Xpub Rapid Prototypes and Projects That May or May Not:
-= why?
+[[Rapid Prototype Session 2]]
-http://piratepad.net/Sz6I826p6h
+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]].
-[[last years trail]]
+Here is the archive of methods sessions from previous years [[Pre2020Methods]]