[...]ical approach to examine separately ='lgc'>[that is ‘to model'='lgc'>]='lgc'>: narative actions and ='lgc'>[-ian='lgc'>] images


="ppl">="ppl">Marks’ understanding of film as conveying the corporeality of objects


='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]milieu
a powerful concept with genealogy across a range of disciplines ='lgc'>[physics, biology, geography, ="trms">literature ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> orienting our use of it='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•18th century='lgc'>: the fluid or ether in which physical bodies are immersed ='lgc'>==(that enable their)='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">inter-dependence (='at'>#shena, shenavar='qstn'>?) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> milieu becomes universal
="lsts lst1">•19th century='lgc'>: as producing circumstances that changes needs ='lgc'>[Lamarck='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> for ="ppl">Darwin milieu only produced change (at the level of the organism's phenotype)
="lsts lst1">•milieu rendered as complexes of elements whose actions ="trms">mutually limit each other and in which the effects of causes become causes in turn, modifying the causes that gave rise to them. (="ppl">Canguilhem)

="large lg2" stl="font-size:112%"> umwelt='lgc'>: organisms privilege certain stimuli and ="trms">response, thus, sug="trms">gesting to ="ppl">Canguilhem that it isn't merely ‘need’ mediating between organism and milieu (as in Lamarck's ="trms">formulation) but a ="trms">prior sense of values that evaluates certain signals as worthy of ="trms">response over others
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*the ="trms">animal finds it simpler to do what it privileges='strcls'>* (="ppl">Canguilhem 2008)

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]sense='lgc'>: (from the biological and psychological point of view='lgc'>:) an appreciation of values in ="trms">relation to a ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]need='lgc'>: (for the one who experuences and lives it='lgc'>:) an irreducible ='lgc'>==(thereby)='lgc'>='lgc'>==> absolute, ="trms">system of reference


="ppl">Naveeda's notion of river's point of view='lgc'>:
“...” while the inorganic, such as a river, lacks the building blocks of life in being produced through the action of geological forces, it too has norms and values that take statistical form or are found (in both sense of the word='lgc'>: discovered and o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">riginating) in moments of spontaneous action (='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="ppl">Delanda='at'>#)


...village and kinship structures being flexible, there is a high value places on sexual normativity


absence of water ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> human suffering ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the death of the river ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> emergence of land as property


="ppl">Naveeda examines 3 films='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•focus on corruption, melodramatic ="trms">specificities of the film-scale, subtext of pain ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Titash Ekti Nodir Naam
="lsts lst1">•focus on entropy within the Padma river, ='strcls'>*ambivalent expression over the necessity for migration that will undoubtedly be one of the strategies of adaptation for an ocean-facing country such as Bangladesh='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Padma Nodir Majhi
="lsts lst1">•(film's anticipation of) how ="trms">rumors and bad news come to unsettle existence, the ="trms">rumor of climate change may do more to re-organize a ="trms">social milieu than its actual binding reality ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Chitra Nodir Parey


='strcls'>*there is a “="trms">systematic undervaluation of involuntary loss of places and cultures ='lgc'>[which='lgc'>] disguises real, experienced but subjective limits to adaptation ='lgc'>[and ="trms">integration='strcls'>*='lgc'>]” (="ppl">Naveeda > Adger)


(people in ="trms">inter="trms">relation to the Jamuns river...) what may be coming up or downstream or even overhead or below ground, that they are also involved in displacements in ="trms">situ either because of floods or erosion ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> continual throwing up of constitutive elements of ="trms">social life into the air and their constant re-organization when they return to ground

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the erosive tendencies of the river ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the slow movement in place or lateral shifts that lead people to just drop off the s="trms">cene


(="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>: we are in a) landscape not just erosive of ="trms">relations but also ='strcls'>*productive of forgetting='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> adaptation in the ="trms">present entails an ongoing corruption of ="trms">memory ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='at'>#="ppl">="ppl">Bowker, forms of erasure='lgc'>]='strcls'>***
(='at'>#="trms">stories of ="trms">integration in Germany)

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='lgc'>[pre-notes with ="ppl">Delanda's A Thousand Years of Nonlinear ="trms">History='lgc'>]

what are word-forming resources in ="trms">farsi='qstn'>?
(not to increase their prestige, rather, to problematize) reservoirs of expressive resources in ="nms">ajayeb and ="nms">tehran ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to challenge which ="trms">international standard='qstn'>?

what are the de="trms">finitive ="trms">historical process that create uniform set of ="trms">linguistic norms in ="nms">iran='qstn'>?

in ='mywrk'>my work on ="nms">ajayeb, also, perhaps i am offering a grammar to the empire='lgc'>='lgc'>---learning ="trms">system thinking

="trms">dictionary ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> formal ="trms">codification of ="trms">language

regarding my ="nms">ajayeb hypertext
='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='qstn'>? certain spelling rules, grapheme نويسه ='lgc'>[characters A, B, ...='lgc'>], ="trms">morpheme واژک ='lgc'>[smallest meaningful ="trms">language unit='lgc'>]
='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> what are my ="trms">articulatory shortcuts='qstn'>? (least effort needed)

="prgrph">-how ="trms">internet press is aiding which minor ="trms">languages in their struggle against majors='qstn'>?
="prgrph">-and which standards are rising there='qstn'>?
="prgrph">-and what are the hegemonizing effect of my ="nms">ajayeb hypertext on ="trms">language and energy='qstn'>? its conservative pressures (on ="trms">literary ="trms">imagination) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> my concern with ="trms">farsi ="trms">linguistic evolution and its contaminations with other ="trms">languages

what are my ="nms">ajayeb hypertext contact ="trms">situations='qstn'>?


(in my ="nms">ajayeb) “='qstn'>?q=” ='lgc'>=/=='qstn'>? searching device abstract probe head
='lgc'>='lgc'>==>='qstn'>? ="trms">sorted into homogeneous sets
='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='qstn'>? abstract automata ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>{ ="nms">ajayeb.net ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= a valid-enough mean of transferring the ='strcls'>*combinatorial productivity='strcls'>* of automaton ='lgc'>[by ="trms">different (="trms">social) dynamics='lgc'>] ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='qstn'>? ='at'>#bottom-top approach to ="trms">writing

my ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">Rigs are about='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•processes ="trms">responsible for the generation of phrases and sentences
="lsts lst1">•to produce new strings ='lgc'>=/= checking them for validity


(you cannot be not connected to) ='strcls'>*collective assemblage='strcls'>* (of ="trms">enunciations)

(what is my -or-) do i need an abstract machine that connects my ="trms">language to the semantic and ="trms">pragmatic contents of statements, to the collective assemblage='qstn'>?

my ="nms">ajayeb='lgc'>: a throng (هجوم) of (neo-English-="trms">Farsi) dialects, patois, slangs, and specialized ="trms">languages


my ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">Rigs... ='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•local restrictions of wach word
="lsts lst1">•the tendency of words to occur next to each other their degree of crystallization

='lgc'>[for my hypertext='lgc'>] (Zellig Harris='lgc'>:) the constraints or ="trms">demands that words place on one another are transmitted as ="trms">socially ="trms">obligatory information ='lgc'>[as physical information, the kind ="trms">measured in bits, not the semantic information used in ="trms">dictionary de="trms">finitions.='lgc'>]

="trms">socially ="trms">obligatory ‘information’-='lgc'>[as ‘physical information’ (kind ="trms">measured in bits) ='lgc'>=/= semantic information (used in ="trms">dictionary de="trms">finitions)='lgc'>] ='lgc'>==(transmits)='lgc'>='lgc'>==> constraints or ="trms">demands that words place on one another

="large lg3" stl="font-size:111%"> (my hypertext ="nms">ajayeb is an) “informational niche”
='lgc'>[and what about the ="trms">matter of ‘actual use’='qstn'>?='lgc'>]
="nms">ajayeb.net “rules”='lgc'>: a set of normative combinatorial constraints
recursive application of existing constraints ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> new patterns

='strcls'>*process of ="trms">language='lgc'>: from optimal to ="trms">obligatory='strcls'>*
(in respect of ="trms">history='lgc'>: ="trms">obligatory meanings of ="ppl">Attar, and so on)
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> in ='mywrk'>my work this flow is reversed='lgc'>: from ="trms">obligatory (meanings of ="ppl">Attar or ="nms">ajayeb) to optimal. that is perhaps why sometimes people say that they don't understand me or that I am wonge.
="prgrph">-="trms">memory is the ="trms">matter of statistical fact='lgc'>: (core) meaning ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= “selection”

='strcls'>***the fate of my contribution depends on and is determined by my ="trms">position in the ="trms">communicative ="trms">network


="large lg4" stl="font-size:112%"> pidgin دست وپا شکسته ومخلوط ='lgc'>: creative adaptations
="nms">ajayeb.net is a pidgin='qstn'>?
='strcls'>*pidginization='lgc'>: any process of reduction or simplification of ="trms">linguistic resources ='lgc'>{"='lgc'>=/=”, “=”, “='lgc'>='lgc'>==>”, “='lgc'>='lgc'>-->"='lgc'>}

my ="nms">ajayeb ="trms">writing='lgc'>:
step 1='lgc'>: redundent simplification of ="trms">linguistic resources ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> creoles نژاد مخلوط='lgc'>: that segment of a continuum of variation which exhibits the maximum divergence from the standard but which is still connected to other portions of the meshwork (="trms">Farsi='lgc'>+English)='lgc'>]
step 2='lgc'>: reenriching itself with features eliminated during step 1 ='lgc'>~ recomplexification of creoles ='lgc'>}='lgc'>==(how='qstn'>?!)='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
step 3='lgc'>: diversifying the number and type of uses it can be put to

double ="trms">articulation='lgc'>: a ="trms">sorting operation that yields a homogeneous distribution of elements and a consolidation operation that defines more or less permanent structural linkages between ="trms">sorted ="trms">materials.
if and when the ="trms">materials on which a ="trms">sorting device operates acquire the ability to replicate with variation, a new abstract machine emerges, in the form of a blind probe head capable of exploring a space of possible forms


="nms">ajayeb's (specia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list) jargon ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- what intensified them='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='qstn'>? tech, colonialism, schooling,

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what i am trying to do with ="nms">ajayeb, in making this hypertext, is to connect its syntactical constructions to fresh reservoirs of ="trms">linguistic resources ='strcls'>***

with ="nms">ajayeb.net i a[...]