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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.


= Trim 1: SI28 Writing Machines–Protocols–Feedback =
= Trim 1: SI31 - Radio WORM: TMTOWTDI =
During Special Issue 28 the bi-weekly methods classes will focus on reading, note taking & documentation practice:
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);
* Reading texts relevant to the current Special Issue (reading groups);
* Group discussion to establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from;
* Group discussion to establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from;
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* Editorial work (publication): use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review).
* Editorial work (publication): use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review).


For a class schedule + focus of each methods class see: https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Writing_Machines%E2%80%93Protocols%E2%80%93Feedback
== Week 0: (annotation) writing machines ==


== Week 0: 17-09-2025 ==
'''11:00 - 11:15''' 🔄 group checkin & goals for the day


'''11:00 - 11:45''' Intro round: how, what and why we annotate?
'''11:15 - 12:00''' ✳️ Intro round: how, what and why we annotate?


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


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


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


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


  Uncreative Writing, Managing Language in the Digital Age (2011), - Introduction (p.1-14), Kenneth Goldsmith
  Uncreative Writing, Managing Language in the Digital Age (2011), - Introduction (p.1-14), Kenneth Goldsmith
  Postprint (2021) – Introducing Postprint, N. Katherine Hayles
  Postprint (2021) – Introducing Postprint, N. Katherine Hayles
Writing Machines (2002) - Technotexts and Media Specific Analysis – N. Katherine Hayles


'''15:00 - 16:00''' Reconvene and discuss exercise
'''15:30 - 16:15''' 🖐️ Reconvene and discuss exercise


[[File:Math lady.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Math lady.jpg|thumb]]
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  Which aspects of the exercise did you struggle with the most?
  Which aspects of the exercise did you struggle with the most?


'''16:00 - 16:45''' Discuss how to approach annotating and reading together, (groups (size? ppl?) and methods (when to read (beforehand or during class?), when and how to annotate)
'''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!


'''16:45 - 17:00''' Closing the day -> homework: <s>starting your personal reader on the wiki.</s> Reading the texts chosen by your reading group! (we'll discuss personal readers next class, 01-10!)


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


(Personal) readers as pdf:
== Week 2: t.b.a. ==
* https://hub.xpub.nl/bootleglibrary/book/895
* https://hub.xpub.nl/bootleglibrary/book/910
* https://hub.xpub.nl/bootleglibrary/book/911


== Week 2: 01-10-2025 ==  
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==  


'''11:00 - 11:30''' How to start your personal reader
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


'''11:30 - 12:00''' Intro qualitative research and role of annotation
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


'''12:00 - 13:00''' (Small) group annotation (summary + evaluation + interpretation) of 2 or 3 of the following texts:
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


ALL TEXTS (except Perec) CAN BE FOUND IN 'Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature' IN THE BOOTLEG LIBRARY!
= 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).


Harry Mathews – Liminal Poem to Martin Gardner (c1960s)
== Week 0: t.b.a. ==
Michael Winkler – Where Signs Resemble Thoughts (c1960s)
Raymond Queneau – A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems (1961) Here is one attempt at an online version: https://www.bullfrog117.com/school/one-hundred-thousand-billion-poems.php
Raymond Queneau –A Story as You Like It (1967) (HTML approximation here: https://www.thing.de/projekte/7:9%23/queneau_9.html)
Paul Fournel – The Theatre Tree: A Combinatory Play
Marcel Benabou – Rule of Constraint (c. 1984)
Georges Perec – The Art of Asking your Boss for a Raise (see XPUB1 methods on Zulip for epub)


'''13:00 - 14:00''' LUNCH
== Week 2: t.b.a. ==


'''14:00 - 15:00''' Discussion of the annotations in small groups (as per suggestion last time)
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==


'''15:15 - 16:30''' Work on personal reader (adopt a poem or text and work on an individual annotation)
== Week 6: t.b.a. ==


'''16:30 - 17:00''' Closing the day! Homework for next class: add collective annotation documentation to the wiki.
== Week 8: t.b.a. ==


== Week 4: 15-10-2025 ==  
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==
>>> no reading! Reflection and documentation week!


== Week 5: 29-10-2025 ==
= Trim 3: SI33 - to be announced! =
>>> reading: A Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, Ursula Le Guin.
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;
 
== Week 7: 12-11-2025 ==
>>>
 
== Week 9: 26-11-2025 ==
>>>
 
== Week 10: 10-12-2025 ==
To be confirmed!
 
= Trim 2: SI29 =
During Special Issue 29 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):
* Reading core theoretical texts relevant to the course and the topics discussed in the current Special Issues (reading groups);
* Group discussion to establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from (glossary writing);
* Essayistic methodologies:
** close reading,
** annotation,
** description;
* Conducting literature survey (personal reader): collect texts for personal reader related to SI and personal interest;
* Iterative drafting of texts (learning/thinking through writing): use rough drafts to develop your ideas further (through copy-editing, rewriting and peer review).
 
Class schedule: to be announced!
 
= Trim 3: SI30 =
During Special Issue 30 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;
* 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;
* Conducting literature survey (personal reader): filter what is relevant to your research and create comparative pieces of analysis;
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* Writing descriptions, analysis and contextualisation of your own (collective) practice (for personal reader and PMOMMs).  
* Writing descriptions, analysis and contextualisation of your own (collective) practice (for personal reader and PMOMMs).  


Class schedule: to be announced!
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== Week 2: t.b.a. ==
 
== Week 4: t.b.a. ==
 
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== Week 8: t.b.a. ==
 
== Week 10: t.b.a. ==


= Methods resources =
= Methods resources =
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* Documenting your work: this wiki!
* Documenting your work: this wiki!
* Collective writing: https://pad.xpub.nl
* 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 =
= Methods archive =
Link to Methods archive: [[Methods xpub archive]]
You can find the archive here: [[:Category:Methods|Methods Archive]]
 
[[Category:Methods]]

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).

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Week 2: t.b.a.

Week 4: t.b.a.

Week 6: t.b.a.

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Week 10: t.b.a.

Methods resources

Methods archive

You can find the archive here: Methods Archive