[...]ethods
="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

="large lg2" stl="font-size:112%"> 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


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

="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

="large lg3" stl="font-size:112%"> (="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'>==> valorizing feminine over masculine, black over white, nurture over ="trms">nature, emotion over reason

="large lg4" stl="font-size:112%"> 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

="large lg5" stl="font-size:127%"> 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'>==> 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,[...]