February 16: Discussion
Core
- James Gleick, “Two Wordbooks” from The Information: A History, A Theory, a Flood (2011), resource via library
- Ellen Gruber Garvey, “Introduction” from Writing with Scissors (2012), external website
- Sarah Bull, “Content Generation in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (2023), Canvas link
- Ryan Cordell, “Viral Textuality” from Going the Rounds: Virality in Nineteenth-Century American Newspapers (2023), external website
Penumbra
- Ann Blair, “Information Management in Comparative Perspective” from Too Much To Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age (2010), resource via library
- Lisa Gitelman, “Print Culture (Other Than Codex): Job Printing and Its Importance” from Comparative Textual Media (2013), resource via library
- Ellen Gruber Garvey, “‘facts and FACTS’: Abolitionists’ Database Innovations” in Raw Data is an Oxymoron (2013), resource via library
- Matthew P. Brown, “Blanks: Data, Method, and the British American Print Shop” (2017), resource via library
- Linc Kesler, “Indigenous People and the Written Word” from The Unfinished Book (2021), external website
- Jillian M. Hess, “Anatomy of the Commonplace” in How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information: Commonplace Books, Scrapbooks, and Albums (2022), resource via library
- Derrick R. Spires, “Order and Access: Dorothy Porter and the Mission of Black Bibliography” (2022), resource via library
February 17, 1-2pm: “Media Necromancy” talk (optional)
“‘As Usual You Have Produced Yet Another Installment Worthy of Archiving’: The Persistence of Obsolescence in Queer Information & Media Technologies” talk by Travis Wagner, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences @ Skeuomorph Press, “Media Necromancy” speaker series
February 20: Printing Lab
Lab Prep: Our print labs will involve potential messes of several kinds, including ink, oils and solvents, and simple dirt. We do have protective gear such as aprons and gloves, but even so I would not recommend wearing your best linen suit for these two weeks’ labs; please wear something that you won’t mind getting dirty.