[...] /> 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'>==> 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'>==> 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'>+ 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'>==> 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


="large lg1" stl="font-size:125%"> 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'><== 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'>==> ='strcls'>*to increase the modularity='strcls'>* of (our) designs ='lgc'>==> to increase/enhance the expressive power of our ="trms">language

="large lg3" stl="font-size:112%"> ="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'>*

="large lg5" stl="font-size:119%"> ="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 vi[...]