[...]s may avoid a ="trms">scientific debate because='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1- they feel out of their depths ="trms">interpreting ="trms">scientific ="trms">data
="lstsrd">2- they resist ="trms">scientific ="trms">authority in ="trms">response to well-documented instances of ="trms">scientific exploration of people of color
="lstsrd">3- they may have surrendered to ="trms">science the work of settling ="trms">matters of fact, keeping hermeneutics and textual ="trms">matters for themselves


="trms">science and ="trms">technology studies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*tracing objects through the practices and discourses that produce them as settled ="trms">matters of fact, made, but not made up='strcls'>*

(tracking) ="trms">social and legal arrangements ='lgc'>==producing='lgc'>='lgc'>==> race


="large lg2" stl="font-size:110%"> ='strcls'>***="trms">science is ="trms">coded as the ="trms">interpreter of ="trms">nature in western discourse='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>that is why i have to study ="trms">science in ='mywrk'>my research on ="trms">bestiaries


Hammond ='lgc'>+ Herzig on how ="trms">scientific practices across disciplines describe and create what thereby becomes ='strcls'>*="trms">naturalized ="trms">difference='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= describing the ="trms">nature of ="trms">difference itself)

(learn from Hammond ='lgc'>+ Herzig ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->)
source ="trms">material ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> organize ='and'>& comment ='lgc'>--sustain='lgc'>='lgc'>--> argument
='lgc'>+ ="trms">questions that point the ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reader to discoursive moves and modes of attention of the ="trms">author (='lgc'>=/= ="frds scrmbld">Quinsy's ملانقطى pedantic exploration of racism)

(politically correcting the popular understanding of race ='lgc'>=/=) to show the unsettled and ongoing ="trms">nature of the debate. ='lgc'>[asking ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readers='lgc'>] to track the rise and permutation of various features of the argument
='lgc'>[asking Captain America ='lgc'>--anatomical='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>] “in what larger political, economic, and ="trms">social contexts might ears, noses, index fingers, or brains hemispheres attract attention as re="trms">liable signs of racial ="trms">difference='qstn'>?”


some wrong ideas='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•adaptation to new environments signals evolution (='lgc'>='lgc'>~= degenerating groups would eventually cease to exist)
="lsts lst1">•high mortality rates could signal problems in work and living condition
="lsts lst1">•sexual di="trms">morphism thought to be a component of degeneration
="lsts lst1">•“more often than not, the views of ="trms">society have shaped ="trms">science rather than the other way around. in this instance, it may be time for ="trms">science to reshape the views of ="trms">society.” ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- scary!='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•


to start with political ="trms">agenda (good or bad) and fit evidence to that
political correctness (='lgc'>~ a ="trms">social ="trms">interest)
dogged persue of truth

='strcls'>*="trms">science's power to beguile اغفال ="trms">imagination='strcls'>* (for example genomics testing to discover and reveal “truths” about unknown ="trms">ancestry)
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (a post ="trms">World War II and post-holocaust aspiratoin='lgc'>:) ='strcls'>*the al="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lure here is to finally prove we are all the same under the skin, or at least that we have more in common than we had liked to admit='strcls'>* ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- another project for making race ="trms">matter, but ="trms">differently

(="frds scrmbld">Quinsy urgently need to learn) how not to be conversation stopper


Bland ='lgc'>+ Doan's Sexology Uncensored

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="large lg1" stl="font-size:123%"> scope of information ="trms">science ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]document='lgc'>: organized physical evidence

new digital ="trms">technologies renews old ="trms">questions and also old confusions between medium, message, and meaning

document
ordniary information storage and retrieval ="trms">system='qstn'>?

bibliography='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•collecting
="lsts lst1">•preserving
="lsts lst1">•organizing (arranging)
="lsts lst1">•re="trms">presenting (describing)
="lsts lst1">•selecting (retrieving)
="lsts lst1">•reproducing (copying)
="lsts lst1">•disseminating
="lsts lst1">•
(of documents)

early 20th century ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> documentation adopted (in europe) instead of bibliography

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]documentation='lgc'>: a set of ="trms">techniques developed to mange significant (or potentially significant) ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]document='lgc'>: any expression of human thought (beyond ="trms">written texts)
='lgc'>='lgc'>~-> ='strcls'>*novel form of signifying objects='strcls'>*

objects bearing traces of...
='strcls'>*if you are informed by observation of it, you are looking at a document='strcls'>*

document='lgc'>: any ="trms">material basis for extending our knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge which is available for study or comparison
='strcls'>*capable of being used for='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•='strcls'>*reference='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•='strcls'>*study='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•='strcls'>*="trms">authority='strcls'>*

1951
document='lgc'>: evidence in support of a fact
any physical or ="trms">symbiotic sign, preserved or recorded, intended to re="trms">present, to reconstruct, or to de="trms">monstrate a physical or conceptual ="trms">phenomenon
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> viewed with access to evidence
='lgc'>=/= (concerned with) text

document ='lgc'>=/= ="nms">ajayeb's text object ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> pop-up ="trms">book='lgc'>]

(object)    (document='qstn'>?)
star in the sky    no
photo of star    yes
stone in river    no
stone in museum    yes
="trms">animal in ="trms">wild    no
="trms">animal in ="trms">zoo    yes


Briet's rules for determining when an object has become a document='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. there is ="trms">materiality
="lstsrd">2. there is intentionality
="lstsrd">3. the objects have to be processed (they have to be made into documents)
="lstsrd">4. there is a ="trms">phenomenological ="trms">position (the object is perceived to be a document)

indexicality='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*the quality of having been placed in an organized, meaningful ="trms">relationship with other evidence ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> gives an object its documentary status='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- for who and why is this useful='qstn'>?='lgc'>]


="trms">modernist mentality='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="trms">scientific management
="lsts lst1">•standardization
="lsts lst1">•bibliographic control
='lgc'>--as='lgc'>='lgc'>--> complementary and ="trms">mutually reinforcing bases for achieving progress

spiritual movement of ="trms">anthroposophy ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> cognitive aspects of the medium of the message
='lgc'>='lgc'>==> document='lgc'>: re="trms">pository of an expressed thought ='lgc'>+ spiritual character

1963
document='lgc'>: micro-thought on a flat surface (fit for physical handling, transport across space, and preservation through time)

cultural ="trms">anthropology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “="trms">material culture” ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> onject as document
artifacts contribute important evidence in the documentation and ="trms">interpretation of experience

artistic research='lgc'> = ="trms">aesthetic object ='lgc'>+ signifying object

="trms">semiotics
information ="trms">sciences
="ppl">Barthes ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> object-as-sign
there is always a meaning which overflows the object's use
text='lgc'>: patterns of ="trms">social ="trms">phenomena not made of words or numerals


='lgc'>[signs have to be treated a something invented='lgc'>]
='strcls'>*="trms">social construction of meaning='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> viewer's perception of the significance and evidential مدرکى character of documents ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> “relevance” is now considered to be ="trms">situational and ascribed by the viewer (in digital)
='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>== the property of being a sign is not a ="trms">natural property ='lgc'><='lgc'>== ='strcls'>***property is given to objects='strcls'>***


Wikipedia='lgc'>: all signifying objects (points to) ='lgc'>='lgc'>~='lgc'>~> forensic ="trms">aesthetic='lgc'>: all evidence='lgc'> = signifying فوری (easy ='lgc'>+ immediate) ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">aesthetic object فرار (volatile)

object in evidence ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> offer it as evidence by the way it is arranged, indexed, ="trms">presented
its manner ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> in arranging ="trms">material so that someone may be able to make use of it as new evidence for some purpose (='lgc'>=/= finding ="trms">material that al="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready is in evidence)

what is a digital document='qstn'>?
='lgc'>--Buckland='lgc'>='lgc'>--> becomes more problematic, unless we re="trms">member the path of reasoning underlying the largely forgotten discussions of Otlet's objects and Briet's antelope


="large lg3" stl="font-size:112%"> ='strcls'>**documenting the antelope='strcls'>** ='lgc'>=/= ="nms">ajayeb
antelope='lgc'>: Ethiopian word for the elusive unicorn

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="ppl">="ppl">Calvert
="trms">technobibliocapital

="large lg4" stl="font-size:112%"> librarians cannot hope to really change how people seek knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge in libraries (they are not ='strcls'>*information awareness office='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= news ="trms">agency)

will to knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge ='lgc'>--manifest='lgc'>='lgc'>--> in a massive electronic ="trms">data processing project

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]library ="trms">science='lgc'>: a set of practices for producing knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge in subjects ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*producing subjects through knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge production='strcls'>*

patron='lgc'>: certain kinds of subjects (='lgc'>=/= citizen), ="trms">consumers with an abiding ="trms">market rationality and an ="trms">interest in individua="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list private space

enmeshed in practices of classification, circulation, collection

="large lg5" stl="font-size:152%"> ="trms">technology ='lgc'>+ libraries ='lgc'>+ capital
="lsts lst1">•capital='lgc'>: ="trms">social, political, economic, and other ="trms">relationships crystallized in things, in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cluding ="trms">books and libraries
="lsts lst1">•biblio='lgc'>: libraries, ="trms">books, knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge
="lsts lst1">•="trms">techno='lgc'>: ="trms">technologies (both silicon-based and not) that make producing, storing, and reproducing knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge possible and efficient

="trms">technology and capital shaping library practices ='lgc'>[and animation of ="trms">animal practices='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> emphasize ="trms">animal geography='lgc'>]

(legacy of bibliography and ="trms">book collecting) 1930 ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> library practice centered on the development of bibliographic standards emphasizing procedures for identifying and indexing ="trms">authors and tid[...]