Hi, Josiah, a question for you: could you refer me to a resource, possibly a book (chapter), dealing with this discussion in ethnography?
Thanks Miroslav On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 8:48:00 PM UTC+2, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > > > Mat wrote: >> >> If you, like me, are interested in the topic of "note taking" then you >> will like this blog ... >> > http://takingnotenow.blogspot.se >> > > Ciao Mat. Its an interesting blog. Partly because it harks back to an > earlier time when "textbases" were more of a hot topic. > > My interest in notetaking, and my interest in TW also, stems from by > background as an anthropologist. At one time the issues fieldworkers > (ethnographers) had in notating field-notes were at the cutting edge of > developing these kinds of tools. > > Its worth mentioning a few things that characterised the mindset of that > time that are still relevant now. > > -- "Textbases" were considered to be tools that *combined structured data > and unstructured notes* in a tool that *resembled a word-processer* but > with additional data fields you could define at will as needed (sound > familiar? :-) > > -- There was great concern that "*pattern can emerge*", not be > strictured. At the time textbases emerged it was part of an effort to get > away from overly "pre-structured data-slot" systems that were fine for > counting bodies in Newcastle but were useless for helping an anthropologist > log a funerary ritual in Somalia that, as yet, they could not understand, > only observe and note. > > -- Importantly they had ideas of "*definable emergent structure*" too. > I.e. you need time to see pattern, but you can't explain it sociologically > well unless you can go further and demonstrate how those patterns function > empirically (say relating marriage to cow herd size amongst the Masai). > This is one thing TW can do *extremely well* and much more usefully than > most any other tool of its family type. > > I could go on. But I think you get the idea. There is a long history. And > its nowhere near completed yet. > > Best wishes > Josiah > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fc005e1b-8b31-4d43-a7fd-c346e2225d4e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
