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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'>?

="large lg2" stl="font-size:111%"> 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'>*

="large lg6" stl="font-size:116%"> 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

="large lg14" stl="font-size:124%"> 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)

="large lg1" stl="font-size:127%"> 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


='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 lg10" stl="font-size:121%"> 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

="large lg14" stl="font-size:110%"> ='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

="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 tides

(21st century) democracy of texts, collaboration with autodidacticism and public education, is now giving itself over to the ='strcls'>*circulation of commodities='strcls'>*

='strcls'>**the subjects produced through 21st century librarianship are customers and ="trms">consumers='strcls'>** (who seeks content ='lgc'>=/= knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge)

new librarian ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> new freedom of information ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> free ="trms">market (in the form of atomized particles of “microcontent” allowing free-floating information to be freely accessed via computers and ="trms">networks, without the censorious mediation of ="trms">embodied librarians)

="large lg14" stl="font-size:133%"> libraries ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">techniques for ordering (='lgc'>='lgc'>~-> discourse of standardization)

(shifting) ways the library has operated alongside the state as a disciplinary ='and'>& ideological ="trms">apparatus
="lsts lst1">•18th century ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> national library
="lsts lst1">•19th century ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> new ="trms">techniques for ordering, discourse of standardization and order (in the library) ='lgc'>+ searching and retrieval external to the mind of the librarian
="lsts lst1">•19th century ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[emerging understanding of the role of ="trms">literacy in worker self improvement ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>='lgc'>] public library ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>==> a project of nation, citizenship, democracy, self-betterment, universal education ='lgc'>+ concurrent with a ="trms">serious reconstitution of hierarchies of access to ="trms">books
="lsts lst1">•late 19th century ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> paterna="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list financial auspices of Andrew Carnegie (who funded 1689 library buildings) for the explicit objective of the self-education of
workers and immigrants ='lgc'>--purpose='lgc'>='lgc'>--> acculturation and assimilation
="lsts lst1">•Paul Otlet ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> universal decimal classification 1899
="lsts lst1">•late 20th century ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> dreams of intelligent computers and objectivized information ="trms">science ='lgc'>: (from) library school ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> school of information management ="trms">systems
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*schematization efforts='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (20th century) library ="trms">science (continue producing itself) as a cooperative venture of flourishing information ='lgc'>[triumphant rationalism='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•standardization
="lsts lst1">•automation
="lsts lst1">•propagate
="lsts lst1">•expand

(in the name of) democratization ='and'>& civil ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rights

library ='lgc'>==contribute='lgc'>='lgc'>==> to the civic sphere='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•providing the information
="lsts lst1">•providing ='strcls'>*behaviors='strcls'>* necessary for appropriate citizenship

library ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> classification ="trms">system (DDC) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> general knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge organization tool

late 20th century neo-liberal rationality ='lgc'>==intensify='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•moral directive for self-betterment (as workers)
="lsts lst1">•reorienting the ="trms">relation of subjects (toward the state and the ="trms">social) as one of ="trms">consumership
='lgc'>+ shift in the de="trms">finition of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge

="trms">technobibliocapital ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (new era of) ordering texts ='and'>& subjects

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*appreciative ='lgc'>=/= affirmative='strcls'>* ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- learning from ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert, we can be appreciative but not affirmative='lgc'>]
='lgc'>[to be critical =='lgc'>] ='strcls'>****not to='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•dismiss X (by thinking of it as) ="trms">composed entirely of domination ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ='at'>@="nms">apass, ="frds scrmbld">Pierre='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= to laud something as a timeless ideal
="lsts lst1">•evoke a sense of relief that we have X that are free (of power ="trms">relations, freely available to all, and filled with free-flowing information)
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">historical ='lgc'>+ ="trms">present ='lgc'>+ future-looking ="trms">formulations of X

="lsts lst1">•reverence for libraries of long gone days...
="lsts lst1">•accolades مراسم اعطای منصب شوالیه for librarians as heroes...
="lsts lst1">•libraries as the saviors of the people...
="lsts lst1">•as just another manifestation of government intrusion (paternalism, library='lgc'>: robust civilizing ="trms">apparatuses, an ideal phil="trms">anthropic gift)...
='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Calvert='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>**libraries are potent resources with vast possibilities for creating the ="trms">worlds we inhabit='strcls'>** ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]library='lgc'>: (collectively produced ='lgc'>~ both collectively funded and collected from many sources) vibrant sites of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge generation ='lgc'>+ of power (for those who generate knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge through libraries in turn diffuse this knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge through other places and other people)

without a robust de="trms">finition of power ='lgc'>==="ppl">="ppl">Calvert='lgc'>='lgc'>==> librarians have been unable to see or ="trms">articulate how libraries have been in the service of disciplining subjugating power (a power that is productive not just for ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readers but of ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readers)

..weak appeals to ="trms">market freedom

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service-dominant logic='lgc'> = an enframing act ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a way of framing the ="trms">world (which like all logics) chooses what to in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clude and what to ex="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clude from its frame of investigation and theory ='lgc'>--="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>='lgc'>--> how it enframes the ="trms">world

="trms">marketing ="trms">history ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (delineated between) “="trms">material (raw) resources ='lgc'>=/= im="trms">material (dynamic) resources”

resources-assets-capabilities

(in math)
operand='lgc'>: passive objects that are manipulated (3, 5)
operator='lgc'>: ="trms">specific actions that act upon operands (='lgc'>+, x)

importance of the operand resource
="prgrph">-the relative role of operand resources began to shift in the late 20th century as humans began to realize that ="trms">skills and knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge were the most important types of resources

operand resource='lgc'>: (raw ="trms">material and land) an act is performed on them ='lgc'>=/= operant resource='lgc'>: (="trms">technologies, knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge, ="trms">skill) those employed to act on operand resources
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a conceptual separation with roots in ="trms">Greek philosophy='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Plato='lgc'>: “="trms">material ="trms">embodiment='lgc'> = distraction to true knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge”
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Descartes='lgc'>: privileging of mental life over physical ="trms">matter
='lgc'>='lgc'>==> we in="trms">herit this style of philosophy (in the west) that values formal abstract objectless thinking as the standard canonical way of knowing the ="trms">world

='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*information age='strcls'>*='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•endorses the pre-eminence of the im="trms">material and dis="trms">embodies (mind, ="trms">skill, mental life) over the ="trms">material and ="trms">embodied (brute ="trms">matter, physicality)
="lsts lst1">•celebrate a ='strcls'>*culture of de="trms">materiality='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>=/= object oriented philosophy='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Heidegger's theory of tool-being
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">="ppl">Latour's displacement of the human proposed by the actor-="trms">network theory
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Merleau-Ponty's ="trms">sensual ="trms">phenomenology
="lsts lst1">•

="large lg14" stl="font-size:115%"> (continental philosophy ='lgc'>+ analytical philosophy in West ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ='strcls'>**philosophies of access='strcls'>** to the ="trms">world ='lgc'>: they assume that the human-="trms">world gap is the privileged site of all ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigorous philosophy
="trms">interest in human access to objects ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> cor="trms">relationism='lgc'>: if things exists, they do so only for us='lgc'>] ='lgc'>=/=='qstn'>? ="trms">interest in objects


(in ="trms">marketing ="trms">literature)
="lsts lst1">•operant resources='lgc'>:
human        sophisticated
cultural     strategic
active       dynamic
="trms">agentic      im="trms">material
specialized  intelligent
="trms">relational   primary
='strcls'>*in="trms">finite='strcls'>*
='lgc'>--link='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to notions of progrss and achievement in contemporary ="trms">society

="lsts lst1">•operand resources='lgc'>:
inhuman     machine-like
basic       stuff
functional  physical
inanimate   raw
inert       less important
secondary   lesser
tangible    subordinate
='strcls'>*="trms">finite='strcls'>*


service-dominant logic ='lgc'>{
="lsts lst1">•operant ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> in="trms">finite ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> human's ="trms">skill
="lsts lst1">•operand ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">finite ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">world's ="trms">material

service-dominant logic ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> a cut (“='lgc'>=/=”) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> operant resources will take these sluggish raw inherently secondary ="trms">materials and act on them to whisk them into something valuable
='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Barad='lgc'>='lgc'>--> every act of observation makes a “cut” in what is otherwise an indissolubly unauflösbare entangled ="trms">natural-cultural universe ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*every new way of observation cuts open new logics ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> undermines what is known ='lgc'>+ what can be known='strcls'>*


='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]operand resources='lgc'>: resources which require action to create benefit
='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> crucial scenarios where operand resources (forests, sea beds, topsoil) require the op="trms">posite of action (unused or underused) in order to create or maintain (their intrinsic) value

='strcls'>*value-in-use='lgc'>: somthing is assessed ="trms">according to the use a ="trms">consumer has for it

='strcls'>*value-in-underuse ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (tourism's) deserted beaches, unspoiled countryside, uninhabited ruins
='thdf'>for example brand management implicitly leverages the concept of ='strcls'>*value-in-underuse='strcls'>*
brands are often valuable for the very fact that they are underused ='lgc'>: when their use is confined to small ="trms">communities, enabling them to maintain their cultural capital (ex="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusivity or authenticity)

='strcls'>*vlaue-in-context='lgc'>: value is conceived as something that is collectively co-created by multiple actors
='thdf'>for example in service-dominant logic an operant resource like ='strcls'>*brand vlaue='strcls'>* is one which is externally-based and dynamically determined in the context (cannot be own by a single actor) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">consumers might co-derive ="trms">affective cognitive ="trms">social value in creating the brand but economic value that accrues as a result belongs entirely to the brand's shareholders='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> issue with fandom='lgc'>]
='thdf'>for example ='strcls'>*="trms">affective value='strcls'>*='lgc'>: when vlaue lies in the general sentiment of a ="trms">networked group of actors

(in ="trms">marketing's theory of value creation) the ='strcls'>*role of the ="trms">consumer='strcls'>* in the value creation process is now explicitly recognized and ="trms">articulated (incorporated) through compelling concepts such as cocreation, coproduction, ='strcls'>*prosumerism='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[an individual who both ="trms">consumes ='and'>& produces='lgc'>]
='at'>@="nms">apass collaborative environments

='lgc'>[="trms">consumer research='lgc'>]
recognizing the ways in which ="trms">consumers and ="trms">consumption are both productive and value-adding

Holbrook's topology of ="trms">consumer value
value is active='lgc'> = when it entails physical or mental manipulation of an object
value is reactive='lgc'> = when things are done by a product to the ="trms">consumer (objects act on ="trms">consumers to create value)


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Hayles

="large lg6" stl="font-size:111%"> (to take) a problem-based approach ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> taking a problem and looking for solutions ='lgc'>=/= investigating problematics (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- humanities ='lgc'>[and art='lgc'>])

what are the reward structures in artistic research='qstn'>? (the way a work is recognized and validated by the field)

post="trms">literacy
the future of human ='and'>& the future of ="trms">writing are entwined
meaning='lgc'> = resistance
to be human='lgc'> = to resist ="trms">techno-="trms">language

an informed ="trms">scientific-="trms">literate and humanistically educated public ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> democracy

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(mass media) cultural standing (and standard) of live performance
paradigm of televisual ='lgc'><='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> digital

(Auslander ="trms">historicizing) liveness ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">historical (='lgc'>=/= ="trms">ontological)

ideology of authenticity (in live music)

at the level of cultural economy ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> theatre (live performance) ='lgc'>=/= mass media

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='lgc'>[why is contemporary art so reluctant to describe our experience of digitized life='qstn'>? ='lgc'>--Bishop='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>] digital ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= ="trms">code (inherently alien to human perception) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a ="trms">linguistic model

="ppl">Guy ="ppl">Debord ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (='strcls'>*physical and the ="trms">social were pitched against the virtual and the re="trms">presentational='strcls'>* ='lgc'>~ “subjective ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">technological” ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ="trms">social ="trms">relations today are not mediated by monodirectional media imagery ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•favor ="trms">intersubjective exchange and homespun activities (cooking, gardening, conversation) with the aim of reinforcing a ="trms">social bond fragmented by ="trms">spectacle
="lsts lst1">•desire for face-to-face ="trms">relations against the dis="trms">embodiment of the ="trms">Internet
="lsts lst1">•retro-="trms">craftiness
="lsts lst1">•fiddly collages
="lsts lst1">•tapestries
='lgc'>--assert='lgc'>='lgc'>--> subjectivity (='lgc'>+ tactility) ='lgc'>=/= impregnable surface of the screen

reformatting
trans="trms">coding
modulation of preexisting files ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> selection strategy ='lgc'>='lgc'>~='lgc'>~> meaningful recontextualization (of existing artifacts)

="large lg14" stl="font-size:106%"> ="trms">paranoid will to connect what cannot be connected
subjective rationales
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