Seminar idea

Topics / Goals

  1. Problematize “access” and various types of gatekeeping

  2. Build narratives about access professionals like librarians, teachers, nonprofits, and researchers

  3. Speculate on the performance implications of target search, and encourage mindful browsing

Research literacy

  1. Overcoming language barriers on internationally sourced material

    • Eliminating the “foreign”

    • “Forensics” on YouTube — dirty v. clean sources

  2. Browsing ethics

    • Standard: RISM, IMSLP, library (opus numbering, call numbers, etc.)

    • Nonstandard: YT channels, record boxes, private collections

Activity

  1. Identify original source and research goal: what am I trying to find out? (How does this character work? Who is responsible for this story? How do fans communicate about this property?)

  2. Research simulation

  3. Explore formats for usable result

  4. Compile result