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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.


Intro:
= 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).


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


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


Curriculum: The seminar will involve:  
'''11:15 - 12:00'''  ✳️ Intro round: how, what and why we annotate?


(a.) Identifying the object of your research: description and analysis of your work
'''12:00 - 12:30''' 👁️‍🗨️ Intro to Methods: the year && Trim 1


(b.) Contextualizing your work through description and reflection on contemporary and historical practices.
'''12:30 - 13:00''' ✏️ Intro to first annotation exercise in 3 groups


(c.) Identify research material key to your practice.
'''13:00 - 14:00 ⏳ LUNCH BREAK'''


(d.) Synopsis and annotation of key texts
'''14:00 - 15:30''' 🖐️ Annotation exercise


(e.) Writing machines: creating methods for group and individual writing.
Uncreative Writing, Managing Language in the Digital Age (2011), - Introduction (p.1-14), Kenneth Goldsmith
Postprint (2021) – Introducing Postprint, N. Katherine Hayles


Throughout, there will be an emphasis on working collectively, whether in a larger discussion group or in smaller reading and writing groups.
'''15:30 - 16:15''' 🖐️ Reconvene and discuss exercise


== Method for all the sessions==
[[File:Math lady.jpg|thumb]]


For every session there is a different task, which employs a different writing reading or notation method. I will set no assignments outside of the class, but you must commit to trying the methods I suggest for the day of the seminar. Over the three trimesters you will accumulate a collection of texts and approaches to writing which serve as a resource as you go into the second year.
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?


==Outcome of the seminar (trimester three) ==
'''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


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




[[walk through what we do]]
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


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[[ Editing Reading, Writing & Research Methodologies - handbook information]]
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[[Plagiarism]]
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==Simple Wiki Style Sheet:==
= 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).


Titles and works = ''italics''
== Week 0: t.b.a. ==


Essays = Title in Caps
== Week 2: t.b.a. ==


Notation = Harvard System (writer, page number) = (Smith, 26)
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URL = make link
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


==Guide to Essay Writing==
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


<span style="float:right;">[[Image:Bug.gif]]</span>
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


[[A Guide to Essay Writing]]
= 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. ==


==Session One==
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==


Each session of RW&RM seminar has a practical outcome
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The aim is to help with your research for the Special Issue.  
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Today’s session has this outcomes
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1) A 300 word description of your past work
= 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]]


TODAY'S SESSION
= Methods archive =
You can find the archive here: [[:Category:Methods|Methods Archive]]


1) MORNING: conduct a warm-up exercise in which you will write and co-edit a series of texts together.
[[Category:Methods]]
 
Pad with agenda and notes:
 
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/methodsSeshOne
 
==Previous methods==
 
 
 
[[Methods wiki 2017-18]]

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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