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5 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read

#PSA “defining histories” are not written in the midst of an ongoing event.

They are typically not written even within the first decade of the aftermath of an event.

(Of course the very notion of a “defining history” is a loaded conceit.)

If only there were people around who knew this. Like historians.

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6 Oct

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Herewith, a thread that is a kind of "reader's guide" to BITSTREAMS. It's a short book, yes, but still: different constituencies might benefit from a better sense of what's in there (and where). Here's the @PennPress catalog page for the general overview: upenn.edu/pennpress/book…

The book is based on my 2016 Rosenbach Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania. Each "lecture" has been revised and expanded-- there's really only a passing resemblance to the originals. library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits…

Nonetheless, the three original lectures survive in the three main chapters, and each rests on a distinctive discursive formation: the archive, the computer, and the book. (Of course the work of the book is precisely in the dismantling of the definite article that precedes each.)

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Matthew Kirschenbaum

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11 Jun

For the non-academics in my feed, "critical" and "theory" are both commonplace modifiers for most any subject throughout the humanities and social sciences. So, this is really about banning discussion of race, racist histories, and racial justice from American schools. Just fyi.

My own home fields play host to critical digital studies, media theory, critical bibliography, and textual theory. For example.

Yes, you read that right. "Critical bibliography." I admit, to the uninitiated, it maybe sounds a little silly. But the "critical" part serves mainly as a marker of self-reflection and distancing from some of the more foundational work in the field. It's an academic shorthand.

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