Annotation

Annotation

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  • Create Date:2021-05-09 11:51:36
  • Update Date:2025-09-07
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Remi H. Kalir
  • ISBN:0262539926
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Summary

An introduction to annotation as a genre--a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication--and its significance in scholarship and everyday life。

Annotation--the addition of a note to a text--is an everyday and social activity that provides information, shares commentary, sparks conversation, expresses power, and aids learning。 It helps mediate the relationship between reading and writing。 This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an introduction to annotation and its literary, scholarly, civic, and everyday significance across historical and contemporary contexts。 It approaches annotation as a genre--a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication--and offer examples of annotation that range from medieval rubrication and early book culture to data labeling and online reviews。

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Reviews

Chris Aldrich

I think about annotation quite a bit, but this book had a lot of interesting pieces I hadn't come across before。 I like the way it framed chunks of social media as digital annotation from a broader perspective。 It also lists some interesting tools and projects that are worth looking into further。I'll note that I was reading a pre-publication version of the text which may likely change before it's published as a physical book。 I'm hoping the digital online version I read will have a way to make i I think about annotation quite a bit, but this book had a lot of interesting pieces I hadn't come across before。 I like the way it framed chunks of social media as digital annotation from a broader perspective。 It also lists some interesting tools and projects that are worth looking into further。I'll note that I was reading a pre-publication version of the text which may likely change before it's published as a physical book。 I'm hoping the digital online version I read will have a way to make it obvious to see what changed from the version I read and the final version of the text。 。。。more