Dan Cohen
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Re: Lists as Fandom, Lists as Knowledge
This is a great example of how systems of amateur metadata, ontologies, and standards arise without central coordination or imposed structures. Similar systems can be seen in other fan environments, e.g., as when the avid readers on LibraryThing do a bett ... -
Re: Artists’ Lists and Other Enumerations
What fascinates me about these terrific examples from the archives is the way in which lists liberate people not only in terms of genre but also in terms of information and graphic design. There are incipient cases of Edward Tufte's "small multi ...