[...]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'>?

="large lg2" stl="font-size:110%"> 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'>?

="large lg1" stl="font-size:131%"> 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

(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


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,


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 am learning to resist the hierarchical weight of “received pronunciations” and official criteria of correctness of “="nms">ajayeb”

my ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">Rigs, ="trms">="trms">equipped with “knobs”='lgc'>: controlling parameters whose intensity defines the dynamical state of the structure-generating process


='mywrk'>my work on ="nms">ajayeb is an inquiry (or critique) in the ways we re="trms">present the ="trms">world to ourselves ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> organizing objective referents and label-concepts='lgc'>] ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a homogenizing ="trms">social critique='qstn'>?

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what is gained and what is lost when “tidying up the archive” ='qstn'>?

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='lgc'>[Yates='lgc'>]

in the ages before printing a trained ="trms">memory was vitally important; and the manipulation of images in ="trms">memory must always to some extent involve the psyche as a whole

='strcls'>** mnemo="trms">technical side of the art is always ="trms">present ='strcls'>**

Mnemosyne, said the ="trms">Greeks, is the mother of the Muses

occult ="trms">memory ="trms">systems ='lgc'><='lgc'>== Renaissance Hermetic tradition ='lgc'>--='qstn'>?='lgc'>='lgc'>--> lullism (lullaby='qstn'>? ="frds scrmbld">Hoda) ='lgc'><='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>-- ="trms">rhetoric tradition

the ="trms">history of ="trms">memory

the problems of the mental image, of the activation of images, of the grasp of reality through images

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the ="trms">horror of no longer re="trms">membering the reason for forgetting, or, “when the times comes for our battle, the ="trms">memories'll be the armour”
Thyrza Goodeve

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knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge infrastructure
how do changes in knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge infrastructures reinforce or redistributes ="trms">authority, influence, and power='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> new ways of thinking and acting

="large lg3" stl="font-size:112%"> create ='lgc'>+ share ='lgc'>+ dispute knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge

(Face="trms">book, Google, etc.='lgc'>:) vast stores of anonymized ="trms">data to analysis and exploitation, engaging users and publics in new ways

axes of change='lgc'>: ='lgc'>[fundamental transformations challenging our understanding of the ways knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge is processed:='lgc'>]
="lstsrd">1- ="trms">technical ="trms">systems and standards
="lstsrd">2- new modes of analyzing ="trms">social (re)organization that exploit the extensive traces left behind by users of information

in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cluding='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•education
="lsts lst1">•libraries='lgc'>: changing structures, services, and physical spaces
="lsts lst1">•publishing industry
="lsts lst1">•intellectual property
="lsts lst1">•global flow
="lsts lst1">•knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge politics='lgc'>: filter bubble, counter-expertise,
="lsts lst1">•

="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> unpaind individuals
“sticky” processes and ="trms">routines ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*most knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge workers’ salaries are still paid by bricks-and-mortar organizations with hierarchical structures, established in="trms">situtional cultures, ="trms">systems of credit and compensation/

eventual rise of a ="trms">scientific culture of “extreme openness”

(forms that are) human-="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readable ='and'>& machine-="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readable ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- the move i made from my note="trms">book to ="nms">ajayeb.net



="large lg5" stl="font-size:122%"> infrastructure ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">system

infrastructure perspective='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•modular
="lsts lst1">•multi-layered, multi-scaled (layered ="trms">nature of infrastructure, navigating among ="trms">different scales)
="lsts lst1">•rough-cut character
="lsts lst1">•="trms">ecologies/complex adaptive ="trms">systems
='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='strcls'>** infrastructures consist of numerous ="trms">systems, each with unique ='strcls'>*o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigins and ='strcls'>*goals, which are made to ="trms">interoperate by means of ='strcls'>*standards, socket layers ='lgc'>[='lgc'>: a bony hollow into which a structure fits='lgc'>], ="trms">social norms, and individual behaviors that smooth out connections among them
='lgc'>=/=
="trms">system perspective='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•fully coherent
="lsts lst1">•deliberately engineered
="lsts lst1">•end-to-end process
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