[...] and yet acts as its tremendous retainer
='strcls'>*trauma='lgc'>: a ="trms">memory that one cannot ="trms">integrate into one's own experience, and as a catastrophic knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge that one cannot ="trms">communicate to others
the black-box of talking survival
="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Robin,Robot,Robert,Robocop">Robocop='lgc'>: highly complex cyborg (who came ="trms">="trms">equipped with ="trms">memory traces, superego, id, and='lgc'>--ever displacing the ego='lgc'>--a crypt)
court's frame-by-frame analysis of video ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> recording and human ="trms">memory ='at'>@="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Alice,Shariati">Ali
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which ‘well-defined terms,’ ='strcls'>*qualities of persistence='strcls'>*, object re="trms">pository, and identifier resolvers am i using in ="nms">ajayeb.net='qstn'>?
the performance of digital objects (and identifiers) (not treated as a simple binary property)
='strcls'>*(to retrieve) human- and machine-="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readable information='strcls'>*
persistence of ="trms">cited objects (in ="nms">ajayeb.net)
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]persistence='lgc'>: a pre="trms">diction about an archive's commitment and capacity to provide some ="trms">specific kind of long-term functionality
which objects in ="nms">ajayeb.net are='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•strictly unchanging
="lsts lst1">•subject to correction
="lsts lst1">•subject to significant update
='lgc'>[="ppl">="ppl">Calvert naming strategy='lgc'>]='lgc'>='lgc'>--> an approach='lgc'>: to invent a term (a portmanteau word واژه مرکب از دو واژه) or choose an existing word that is unusual enough (rare, archaic) to make the ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reader hesitate to jump to a con="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusion about its meaning ='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>[i used a ="trms">farsi word in english='lgc'>: zolmat, pir, tarof,='lgc'>]
nothing is permanent ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> we call some things/objects/identifiers naively nuanced “persistent” or “not persistant”
(important ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ='strcls'>** of course, it is not a thing that resists change, it is the provider of a thing that resists or, more precisely, controls change ='strcls'>**
“reproducible ="trms">science needs ="trms">citations” ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- what is my ="nms">ajayeb ="trms">relation to this='qstn'>?
(i am modifying some of ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert's term='lgc'>:)
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]identifier='lgc'>: an (always breakable) as="trms">sociation
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]actionable identifier='lgc'>: an identifier that can be acted upon by widely available ="trms">interpretive ="trms">systems ='lgc'>--='qstn'>?='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]queryable='lgc'>: effectively leading to a ="trms">story
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]content='lgc'>: abstract substance ‘usually’ found in strings
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">history='lgc'>: a ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list of (not always all the) versions, (a human-="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readable document that describes the change='qstn'>?)
(="nms">ajayeb.net must always help users) guage the persistence commitments and abilities of re="trms">positories and archives ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- element names, values, and precise semantics are in flux
='strcls'>*content variance='strcls'>* in ="nms">ajayeb.net
(how did i or didn't perform/="trms">stage setting user expectations in my ="nms">apass re="trms">presentations of ="nms">ajayeb.net)
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (="trms">question of) ='strcls'>*objects that grow='strcls'>*, identifier assignment policy, content moves away (varies) from its o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">riginal state
(any) content change ='lgc'>==t="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">riggers='lgc'>='lgc'>==> generation of new object identifier
="trms">finite, inde="trms">finite, lifetime, subin="trms">finite
content in the ="trms">presence of versions
(="ppl">="ppl">Calvert's defining “content” without using the term “meaning”='lgc'>:)
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]content='lgc'>: abstract substance, found in such strings as ="trms">writing, speech, images, and music, (='lgc'>=/= form, ='lgc'>=/= style)
content that in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cludes an actionalbe id string='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•ex="trms">traversuioned, offering no direct actionalbe access
="lsts lst1">•introversioned, version is opaque, shyness='qstn'>?, good for longevity, bad for inferring provenance منشاء
found in the ="trms">wild
found in ="nms">ajayeb.net='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•constructed content reference
="lsts lst1">•scholarly web
="lsts lst1">•standardized query strings
="lsts lst1">•the ="trms">question of landing page ='lgc'>--with='lgc'>='lgc'>--> typed links navigable by software
how ="nms">ajayeb.net performs analysis and ="trms">prioritization of its own service de="trms">finition='qstn'>?
how ="nms">ajayeb.net ="trms">translates its politics into ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta="trms">data='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>~= machine-="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readable persistence statements='lgc'>]='qstn'>?
which “well-intentioned but untested” set of terms are used and addressed in ="nms">ajayeb.not='qstn'>?
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='lgc'>[(gendered, racialized, politicized, colonial,,,) ="trms">narratives of innovation='lgc'>]
(i tended to this field with ="nms">ajayeb ='lgc'>[عجایب المخلوقات='lgc'>: a context of pedagogy and librarianship='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) library and information ="trms">science ='lgc'>: ="trms">technologically intensive profession (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- also many other professions)
علوم بايگانی ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>--> علوم کتابداری
(my performance and ="trms">literary ="trms">interest='lgc'>:) ='strcls'>*librarianship and teaching are both professions that resist commodification because they rely on ="trms">embodied labor and personal ="trms">interaction='strcls'>*
='strcls'>*people-centric work='strcls'>* (like library ="trms">science and education)
quantitative ='lgc'>=/= qualitative
="trms">measurable ='lgc'>=/= descriptive
(objective concepts)
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (="ppl">="ppl">Calvert ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reading) the ostensibly qualitative, ="trms">measurable, and hence objective concepts of competition and competitiveness stand in contrast with qualitative, descriptive concepts of both “culture and collaboration”
to open up some of the ‘="trms">literature of’
(="ppl">="ppl">Calvert working on) the implicit notion that competition and innovation are a ="trms">natural fit ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the “="trms">measure, controlm and automatic” rationality of US-style economic competition
difficult to commodify
difficult to describe
not taking apparent ="trms">differences (between men and women, human and ="trms">animal,,) to be timeless, necessary, or inevitable ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> descriptive ='lgc'>=/= prescriptive (descriptions not intended to be prescriptive) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*to ="trms">historicize and de="trms">naturalize concepts (of competition, innovation,,)='strcls'>*
="ppl">="ppl">Bowker ='lgc'>+ ="ppl">Leigh ="ppl">="ppl">Star > ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*things perceived as real are real in their consequences='strcls'>*
="trms">market competitiveness has a plethora='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ ="trms">excess, افراط ,ازدياد='lgc'>] of ="trms">measures ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> profit='lgc'>: the seller-centric proxy ="trms">measure of ="trms">consumer ="trms">interest
“our idealized notion of competition as a generator of innovation black-boxes a host of processes for competition, in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cluding unfair practices, externalizing costs, ="trms">marketing, deception, and de="trms">skilling.”
(our idealized notion of='lgc'>:)='lgc'>{ competition ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> innovation ='lgc'>}='lgc'>--black-boxes='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (a host of) processes for competition='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•unfair practices
="lsts lst1">•externalizing costs
="lsts lst1">•="trms">marketing
="lsts lst1">•deception
="lsts lst1">•de="trms">skilling
="lsts lst1">•
individua="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic and ="trms">social ="ppl">Darwinist overtones
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]inovation='lgc'>: a form of wishful thinking that aims to bring about the desired transformations without the as="trms">sociated costs in time and human effort (Suchman ='and'>& Bishop)
(‘labor-intensive artistic work’='lgc'>: noninovative creative work; deepen the ="trms">density of curiosity;)
capitalism continuously applies new ="trms">technology designed to fragment and de="trms">skill labor, so that labor becomes cheaper and subject to greater control (="ppl">Wajcman)
(sometimes) obsolescence is created through minor redesigns of ="trms">consumer commodities
“let's sell more” ='lgc'>='lgc'>='lgc'>~-> undesirable consequences for human ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rights, global trade in rare ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metals, and toxic waste disposal
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">technological determinism and optimism='lgc'>: the belief that the ="trms">present ="trms">social arrangements and ="trms">technologies were the inevitable byproducts of ="trms">historical developement, and that any problems entailed in our ="trms">technologies and their production processes can be eliminated with further ="trms">technological innovations
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competetiveness and the ="trms">technological ='strcls'>*savvy='strcls'>* implicit in innovation are themselves markers of contemporary masculinity ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “the enduring force of the identification between ="trms">technology and manliness is not an inherent biological sex ="trms">difference. it is instead the result of the ="trms">historical and cultural construction of gender” (="ppl">Wajcman)
a big part of the problem is that women's ="trms">technological labor (='lgc'>=/= ghost busters) is culturally invisible ='lgc'>--(="ppl">Katie ="ppl">King in her research on ="trms">writing ="trms">technologies argues)='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (a metonymy='lgc'>:) when ="trms">technologies are reduced to singular, stable, self-contained devices ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ ="ppl">="ppl">Star Wars='lgc'>] ='lgc'>=/= assemblages
='lgc'>[dichotomy of “enforcement ='lgc'>=/= destruction” ="ppl">="ppl">Star Wars either or='lgc'>: if you are not destroying it you are enforcing it='lgc'>]
problems that cannot be conceptualized in terms of ="trms">measures and endpoints, or which involve ho="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic, qualitative solutions, will be at a disadvantage for selection
(Cowan shows) the developement of new household tachnologies did not free women from the domestic shpere. rather, it allowed women to enter the paid labor force while leaving the gendered division of labor in the home untouched.
(makes me throw up ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) large ="trms">literature of self-determination theory (='lgc'>~ showing people are more creative and happy when their work allows them to be autonomous, related, and competent) ='lgc'>+ reward ="trms">systems cultivating competitive environments
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]autonomy='lgc'>: self-willing, volitional, being an ="trms">agent in the action ='lgc'>=/= being a “pawn”
spheres where processes and outcomes have been the name of the game (in feminized fields of education and librarianship)
labs (such as laser developement) that require collaboration with other labs
trading zones='lgc'>: a ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphor for understanding how cooperation between rese="trms"nttrm="search">archers enables new ="trms">scientific paradigms ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">="ppl">Galison
='strcls'>*the development of this or that research looks like a continuous ="trms">trajectory, but the ="trms">trajectory was actually discontinuous and ruptured. that fact that we have invented or discovered something makes that developement seem inevitable, but things could always have turned out some other way='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Cowan > ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert
competition is not a guarantor of innovation, our cultural belief in it can obscure other explanations for innovation ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>for example (Wylie showing='lgc'>:) (archaeology's enshrined belief that) male-centered hunting activities dominated pre="trms">historic caloric intakes ='lgc'>==='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>==> other hypotheses for the ="trms">transition to agriculture ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> women's leading role in the development of agriculture='lgc'>--arguably the most significant innovation in human ="trms">history='lgc'>--could finally be detected
='lgc'>[bids for status by denying the feminized and second class aspects of library work='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***the labor of care is at the core of library work='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*teaching, like ="trms">technology, is always a ="trms">relationship, and that ="trms">relationship is undergrided by the labor of care='strcls'>* (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">affective labor is ="trms">literally vital to the successful delivery of other kinds of services)='strcls'>***
the ways women are called on to manage their and other's feelings ='lgc'><='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">technology is ="trms">positioned in out culture as rational and precise and therefore (masculine and) unemotional ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> look at the film Lucy='lgc'>]
successful education and mentorship depend on this ="trms">skill, which, like household labor, is difficult to account for in “competitive” economic analysis
='strcls'>**="trms">articulation work='strcls'>**
the labor necessary to make ="trms">technologies fit together seamlessly ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">Leigh ="ppl">="ppl">Star
(='mywrk'>my work begins in) information ="trms">systems may leave gaps in work processes that require real-time adjustments, or ‘="trms">articulation work,’ to complete the processes
(='mywrk'>my research='lgc'>: through ="nms">ajayeb i have been busy with learning to “make friends” with both ="trms">technologies and theories)
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every ="trms">system is an assemblage ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert applying ="ppl">="ppl">Haraway's insight and think of ="trms">technologies as significant prostheses ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]librarianship='lgc'>: a work that (primarily) hooks up people with their ="trms">technologies
librarians ="trms">articulate ="trms">technologies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> they help people adapt ="trms">technologies
librarian's ="trms">articulation work is both ="trms">technological and ="trms">affective ='lgc'>=/= competitive
(in ="trms">techno-capital) supressing labor costs ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> de="trms">skilling
de="trms">skilling and de-professionalization under the ="trms">intertwined guises of competitiveness and innovation
an ='thdf'>example of de="trms">skilling='lgc'>:
="prgrph">-="ppl">="ppl">Haraway='lgc'>: “to be feminized means to be made extremely vulnerable; able to be disassembled, reassembled, exploited as a reserve labor force, seen less as workers than as servers; subjected to time arrangements on and off the paid job that make a mockery of a limited work day; leading to an existence that always borders on being obs="trms">cene, out of place, and reducible to sex. de="trms">skilling is an old strategy newly applicable to formerly privileged workers.”
education has been difficult to comodify, and remains labor intensive ='lgc'>=/= innovations in online education ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> creating inroads in the de="trms">skilling and commodification of teaching labor='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•course curriculum ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> course content
="lsts lst1">•teaching ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> delivery
='strcls'>*video ="trms">technologies ='lgc'>+ ="trms">internet ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> face-to-face ="trms">interpersonal relating to be captured and reused ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> new depths of commodification
='strcls'>*="trms">internet ="trms">technologies can be used to provide ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigorous, a="trms">synchronous learning and mentorship, or they can be used to decrease labor costs, but they cannot do much of both ="trms">simultaneously(='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">question ='at'>@="nms">apass)
="ppl">="ppl">Calvert='lgc'>: ='lgc'>[...however,='lgc'>] for competition='lgc'>--='lgc'>[or any good/bad object we are working on='lgc'>] to be a useful strategy, it has to happen in a larger context of cooperation and collaboration
(='thdf'>for example ='thdf'>the notion of “future” has to happen in a larger context in which ="trms">different futurities for diverse ="trms">communities is thinkable)
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="trms">method ='lgc'><='lgc'>==='lgc'>{
='lgc'>+ sensitivity to the ="trms">historical moment (multiculturalism, extreme changes in the meaning of ‘global,’ etc.)
='lgc'>+ an assemblage of tools that are ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready to hand (theoretically driven, are pleasant and effective to use, etc.)
='lgc'>+ ="trms">embody an ethical commitment to ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst2">◦emic='lgc'>: the values and meanings of those who are being studied
="lsts lst2">◦etic='lgc'>: within a way to explore the conventions, standards and infrastructures that both constrain and enable their experiences
="ppl">Leigh ="ppl">="ppl">Star
="lsts lst1">•qualitative ="trms">methods
="lsts lst1">•lateral thinking
="lsts lst1">•="trms">poetics of infrastructure
="lsts lst1">•='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]boundary objects='lgc'>: examines assemblages of humans and things, and how things that exist in more than one ="trms">community of practice are used in performing cooperative work
the role of practical knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge in organizational life
sensitivity of an ethno="trms">methodological orientation
(="nms">apass's) intellectual capital (is not centered in their official document re="trms">positories and ="trms">databases, rather is in the largely undocumented ideas, insights, and know-how of its ="trms">members='lgc'>: ="frds scrmbld">="frds scrmbld">Lilia, ="frds scrmbld">Pierre, ="frds scrmbld">Nicolas, ="trms">Joke, ="frds scrmbld">Steven, Michele,)
exigencies of work
='strcls'>****much of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge often remains ="trms">embodied in the practice
commonly shared through conversations and ="trms">stories among small circles of colleagues and work groups ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> local vernacular ='lgc'>--convert='lgc'>='lgc'>--> other forms ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> other ="trms">members of the organization can understand ='and'>& ='strcls'>*act upon='strcls'>* together
="frds">Sina ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> richer comprehension of ="trms">socially organised work practice into the process of engineering ="trms">technological ="trms">systems
="ppl">="ppl">Calvert ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> her work is about the enduring qualities of the ="trms">book and how its resistance to commodification enables this thing we call a public library.
she is ="trms">interested in developing library-appropriate research ="trms">methods for thinking critically about old and new ="trms">technologies
="prgrph">-we ="trms">naturalize the way ="trms">technological infrastructures make ethical decisions for us ='lgc'>=/= producing ="trms">methods/ethic that allows librarians to mandate characteristics in developing ="trms">technologies which both preserve librarians’ prerogatives to make (necessary visible) ethical judgment calls ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert
جعبه='lgc'>--"containers” continue to ="trms">dictate the name of the game (for the immensely diverse patronage of the public library)
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bi="trms">lingualism
="trms">different ="trms">languages (="trms">farsi and arabic in ="nms">ajayeb) refers to ="trms">different value ="trms">systems and to ="trms">different lived experience
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='lgc'>[="ppl">Ahmed='lgc'>]
(="trms">complaint ='lgc'>='lgc'>~=) diversity-work='lgc'> = ="trms">data-collection
we learn about the damage we cause, of how causes are understood as damage
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my old background (in computer ="trms">sciences)='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•www.joelonsoftware.com (Joel Spolsky runs a company which sells bug ="trms">databases, “FogBugz”)
="lsts lst1">•wiki.c2.com
="lsts lst1">•“Structure and ="trms">Interpretation of Computer Programs”
computational process
abstract beings (processes='strcls'>*) manipulate other abstract things (="trms">data='strcls'>*)
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a pattern of rules (program='strcls'>*)
programming='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta="trms">linguistic abstraction='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> engineering design='lgc'>] ='lgc'>: building a mini-="trms">language to express a problem, using a fixed computer programming ="trms">language (on a given hardware) to construct a new ="trms">language that enables describing (and hence to think) the problem ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> using='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•primitives means of combination
="lsts lst1">•primitives means of abstraction
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> re="trms">presentation of ="trms">data and control (='lgc'><='lgc'>~='lgc'>~ individual bits of storage and primitive machine ="trms">instructions)
='lgc'>+ using the given hardware to erect ="trms">systems/utilities for the efficient implementation of resource-limited computations
distinction between “passive” ="trms">data and “active” processes ='lgc'>=/= Lisp
(procedures and ="trms">data are just abstractions, they are not really distinct) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> programming ="trms">language should have ="trms">methods for combining and abstracting procedures and ="trms">data
means of abstraction='lgc'>: by which compound elements can be named and manipulated as units
modularity ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> localized part of the ="trms">system
='lgc'><='lgc'>== perception of the ="trms">system
="lsts lst1">•objective='lgc'>: viewing a large ="trms">system as a collection of distinct objects ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> concerned with how a computational object can change and yet maintain its identity
="lsts lst1">•streamous='lgc'>: information that flow in the ="trms">system ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> delayed evaluation
(='thdf'>for example) a bank account='lgc'>: has state in that the answer to the ="trms">question “Can I withdraw $100='qstn'>?” depends upon the ="trms">history of de="trms">posit and withdrawal transactions
object de="trms">composed into computational objects (each with their own time-varying local state variables) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> model
object programming='lgc'>: model real-="trms">world objects with local state by computational objects with local variables ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> identify time variation in the real ="trms">world with time variation in the computer ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> implement the time variation of the states of the model objects in the computer with assignments to the local variables of the model objects
='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (how='qstn'>?) model a time function
stream='lgc'>: delayed (in="trms">finite) ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list
stream programming='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="trms">different abstractions such as='lgc'>: map, filter, accumulate,
="lsts lst1">•transformations of ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">lists
="lsts lst1">•sequence manipulations without incurring the costs of manipulating sequences as ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">lists
="lsts lst1">•tadriji incremental computation
random='lgc'>: statistical properties of uniform distribution
object-orientation='lgc'>: poly="trms">morphic abstract ="trms">data types ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">relational ="trms">data model
Building Abstractions with ="trms">Data
how to use='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•primitive ="trms">data (numbers)
="lsts lst1">•primitive operations (arithmetic operations)
building abstractions by combining ="trms">data objects to form compound ="trms">data ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*to increase the modularity='strcls'>* of (our) designs ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> to increase/enhance the expressive power of our ="trms">language
="trms">data abstraction='lgc'>:
='strcls'>*="trms">technique of isolating='strcls'>* (the parts of a program that deal with) how ="trms">data objects are ‘re="trms">presented’ from (the parts of a program that deal with) how ="trms">data objects are ‘used’
versioning
garbage collection
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the ="trms">question of “what ='lgc'>[='not'>✕='lgc'>] can learn from ='lgc'>[Y='lgc'>]='qstn'>?”
="ppl">="ppl">Calvert on Mestiza consciousness
library and information ="trms">scientists
consciousness of the borderlands ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ in between ="trms">categories, creative/annihilating forces a person living borderlands must struggle against='lgc'>]
='strcls'>***contradictory impulse for ='strcls'>*hording='strcls'>* ='and'>& ='strcls'>*sharing='strcls'>*
="trms">categorizing, naming, describing ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> power-laden practices we cannot do without
each ='strcls'>*schema='strcls'>* reveals its ="trms">priorities, legitimizes/delegitimizes, renders visible/invisible the knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge it contains/ex="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cludes
(="ppl">="ppl">Foucault='lgc'>:) library='lgc'>: (places that preserve) discourses that one wishes to re="trms">member and keep in circulation ='lgc'>[='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">Anand's jinn temporality and genealogy of human ="trms">memory='lgc'>]
mestiza ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> hybrid way of knowing/acting/living, as “none of the above”
what is hybrid and impure may be ="trms">monstrous (in the ="trms">epistemologies of power) and may experience ='strcls'>*hightened visibility='strcls'>* (='lgc'>='lgc'>~= scrutiny, study, problematization, pity)
“orphans of infrastructure” (="ppl">Leigh ="ppl">="ppl">Star)
locked in a duel with the oppressor
lived experiences of marked classes
(in each duality pair, one is called “the con="trms">situtive outside” ='lgc'>[subject/object, male/female, etc.='lgc'>]) ='lgc'>--='qstn'>?='lgc'>='lgc'>--> switching polarity ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> valorizing feminine over masculine, black over white, nurture over ="trms">nature, emotion over reason
crossing of cultures
='strcls'>*which collectivity does the daughter of the darkskinned mother ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listen to='qstn'>?='strcls'>*
(while i was in ="nms">apass i had a shift of attention to) the ='strcls'>*labor of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge work='strcls'>* (in collective digital flesh life)
media ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= knwol="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge form
in media arts studies i learn to ask which cruicual ="trms">material limitations have been radically eased in a digital era ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> impulse to hoard/share ='lgc'>+ constant tension with the ="trms">epistemological work of ="trms">categorization and classification (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">database) ='lgc'>+ (ongoing) feminization of the field
the library and information ="trms">science knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> intense expertise required to enact it ='lgc'>=/=!='qstn'>? art expertise (a ="trms">category of works that are expertise-free)
(gift of ="ppl">Marx, ="ppl">="ppl">Foucault, Lorde, ="ppl">="ppl">Haraway, ="ppl">Leigh ="ppl">="ppl">Star in) ='strcls'>*understanding subjugated ="trms">epistemologies='strcls'>*
(Lorde) master's tool dismantle the master's house='qstn'>?='lgc'> = can the ="trms">technologies and ="trms">epistemologies that have been used to organize thinking about the ="trms">world in one way succesfully uproot that way='qstn'>?
“recovering multivocality”
رسوب
='strcls'>*enact residuality
='strcls'>*residual (of transformations ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> sometimes wiping away previous ="trms">techniques for dividing and describing, and substituting another set of ="trms">categories that don't easily map to the first ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> eliminating the residuum of the old order ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> case of ="nms">ajayeb='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> can we make overlaps and hybridities of old/new ="trms">categories='qstn'>? ='lgc'>~ ='strcls'>*residual ="trms">categories='strcls'>*='lgc'>: ="trms">affective-="trms">epistemic content that often go unclassified. ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*="trms">affect='strcls'>* is too thin, too subjective to calcify into a ="trms">category. it abundantly uses its ="trms">categories in a way that offers a kaleidoscopic shuffling and reshuffling of the items='strcls'>***)='lgc'>])
='strcls'>*residuum
="trms">categories overlapping, non-hierarchical (“="trms">animal” ='lgc'>+ “livestock”, etc.)
truthiness
melting pot
actions (filled with ="trms">verbs)
nouns (both living and nonliving entities)
='strcls'>*score of recognizable ="trms">historical era='strcls'>*
using='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•filmic ="trms">techniques (animation, montage, time lapse)
="lsts lst1">•="trms">affective ="trms">techniques (sarcasm, intimacy)
how can we address aspects of ="nms">apass's exceptionalism='qstn'>?
(with its things='lgc'>: characters, colors, doings, values)
='strcls'>*="trms">historical/cultural ="trms">specificities of ="nms">apass='strcls'>*
enlightenment in="trms">heritances='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•quest for universality
="lsts lst1">•
apparent seamlessness and universality with the veneer روکش of helpfulness ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> purity, deny multivocality, hide the residuum produced, and ex="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clude hybridity
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (pulling the carpet of familiarity out from under users='lgc'>:)
to replace ‘familiar generic conventions’ (='lgc'>~ universal) ='lgc'>--replace-with='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a “universal of local application” (='lgc'>='lgc'>~= residuum)
(we rely on) ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]words='lgc'>: value-laden components of ="trms">language that also serve as ="trms">categories and moor لنگر us in the ="trms">symbolic, to effect the transformations of the collections
labels ='lgc'>='lgc'>~-/='lgc'>='lgc'>==> power and oppression ="trms">epistemologies ='lgc'><='lgc'>== ='strcls'>*organizing logics='strcls'>* (that remain invisible when when we change the words or sub="trms">situte new sets of ="trms">categories)='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>that is why i am reluctant with only changing the ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta="trms">data ='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Pierre='lgc'>: using ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta="trms">data to manipulate the organizing ="trms">apparatus ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> versions of residuality (='qstn'>?)
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='lgc'>[working on ="nms">apass milieu ="trms">data model, summer2018='lgc'>]
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c.r.i. (“collective research ="trms">interface”)
='lgc'>--='qstn'>?='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a pathological collage
discrete object (of problem ='lgc'>[who, when, how,='lgc'>]) ="trms">interface
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> refering to something outside c.r.i. (outside the digital model)
face (slider) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> object ="trms">monster
(='qstn'>?what is lost at) linking the ="trms">symbolic space of ="trms">data-model to the qualities of the rese="trms"nttrm="search">arches of participants ='lgc'>[which are ="trms">relational, procedural, and emotional='lgc'>]
s.s.s. (scroller, slider, still-life)
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discourse ='lgc'>=/= valorizing information
="frds scrmbld">Pierre's ="trms">fables='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•“nonviolent way”
="lsts lst1">•“not by chance ...”
='strcls'>*Apologue='strcls'>*
research ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">data flow
sieve ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> nodes in/of residual
="trms">internal ="trms">categories='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•stickiness
="lsts lst1">•="trms">zoom
="lsts lst1">•cheat
="lsts lst1">•persistence
="lsts lst1">•repetition
="lsts lst1">•(vulgar)
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>==> topology='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. ramp
="lstsrd">2. nest
="lstsrd">3. skew
ramp='lgc'>: sequential, one dimensional, ‘sliders’
nest='lgc'>: fractal quality, JSON, hierarchical tree, ‘comments’
skew='lgc'>: ="trms">verb act, streching, ‘2D field picker’
(slider='lgc'>: marking everything)
semantic in flux ='lgc'>+ persistence
object re="trms">pository ='lgc'>+ identifiers
feedback ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> quasi object ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> structured knower ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">data
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='at'>#workshop in ="nms">apass 2018 Summer
...a series of ="trms">data models that was produced during a three days work session in a.pass May 2018.
The aim was to create a “filter" for the artistic research projects of each participants, in order to train in making ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta-="trms">linguistic abstractions (on a given computer hardware) to construct a “thing” that enables describing the problem of Building Abstractions with ="trms">Data, to increase/enhance the expressive/descriptive power of the ="trms">languages we use. It addresses the ="trms">question of machine/human ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readability in the digital imperative of computational ="trms">world we are inhabiting, with the particular case of a.pass artistic research [...]