+
-
+
- *A note to the reader: +
- Tasks of the Contingent Librarian +
- acquiring/removing +
- finding texts +
- uploading +
- downloading +
- bootlegging +
- being kind to the reader +
- diversifying through use +
- multiplying form +
- republishing +
- cleaning up text +
- editing +
- repaginating +
- reprinting +
- rereferencing +
- rebinding +
- digitising/printing +
- producing texts +
- annotating +
- glossing +
- understanding texts +
- including/excluding +
- administrating +
- indexing +
- making it public/keeping it private +
- inviting +
- making public +
- keeping private +
- trusting +
- networking +
- meeting in small rooms, in small groups +
- consulting +
- open-sourcing +
- inter-depending +
- proprietorising +
- professionalising +
- amateuring +
- reading/writing +
- reading +
- skimming/scanning +
- human reading +
- skimming +
- machine reading +
- scanning +
- writing +
- technologising the word +
- typing +
- machine writing +
- searching/browsing +
+ bootlegging
+
see also diversifying through use, multiplying form, republishing
+Most people think of bootlegs as cheap knock-off products that masquerade as the real deal; bootleg cigarettes, designer-label clothes, not-quite-right imitations of Disney products and the like. Bootlegging began during the prohibition era with the practice of illegally distilling and distributing alcoholic beverages, often literally concealed in the leg of a boot while being transported. Run an image search on the keyword “bootleg” and you’ll probably see all sorts of suspicious-looking bootlegged products. But the way I want to speak of bootlegging is as a social act, a homage, and one that creates and celebrates a multiplicity of form. I’m referring in particular to the vibrant culture of music sharing in the 1970s that followed portable cassette tape recorders entering the market. These allowed fans to cheaply record live performances and share these recordings—also known as bootlegs.
+ +Image: A “bootlegger” concealing a flask of an illegally distributed alcoholic beverage in the leg of a boot during the Prohibition era + + +
+ *A note to the reader:
+This text has been written with the intention to be materialised in a very specific form; a set of A6-sized index cards, contained in a box. Please read it while holding the cards in your hands, shuffling and reordering them, making your own text as you read.
+These cards list the tasks performed on the site of contingencies, the bootleg library. Tasks are described on the obverse, and related images and references are on the reverse.
+
+ +
-
+
- *A note to the reader: +
- Tasks of the Contingent Librarian +
- acquiring/removing +
- finding texts +
- uploading +
- downloading +
- bootlegging +
- being kind to the reader +
- diversifying through use +
- multiplying form +
- republishing +
- cleaning up text +
- editing +
- repaginating +
- reprinting +
- rereferencing +
- rebinding +
- digitising/printing +
- producing texts +
- annotating +
- glossing +
- understanding texts +
- including/excluding +
- administrating +
- indexing +
- making it public/keeping it private +
- inviting +
- making public +
- keeping private +
- trusting +
- networking +
- meeting in small rooms, in small groups +
- consulting +
- open-sourcing +
- inter-depending +
- proprietorising +
- professionalising +
- amateuring +
- reading/writing +
- reading +
- skimming/scanning +
- human reading +
- skimming +
- machine reading +
- scanning +
- writing +
- technologising the word +
- typing +
- machine writing +
- searching/browsing +
*A note to the reader:
+This text has been written with the intention to be materialised in a very specific form; a set of A6-sized index cards, contained in a box. Please read it while holding the cards in your hands, shuffling and reordering them, making your own text as you read.
+These cards list the tasks performed on the site of contingencies, the bootleg library. Tasks are described on the obverse, and related images and references are on the reverse.
+
+ +
-
+
- *A note to the reader: +
- Tasks of the Contingent Librarian +
- acquiring/removing +
- finding texts +
- uploading +
- downloading +
- bootlegging +
- being kind to the reader +
- diversifying through use +
- multiplying form +
- republishing +
- cleaning up text +
- editing +
- repaginating +
- reprinting +
- rereferencing +
- rebinding +
- digitising/printing +
- producing texts +
- annotating +
- glossing +
- understanding texts +
- including/excluding +
- administrating +
- indexing +
- making it public/keeping it private +
- inviting +
- making public +
- keeping private +
- trusting +
- networking +
- meeting in small rooms, in small groups +
- consulting +
- open-sourcing +
- inter-depending +
- proprietorising +
- professionalising +
- amateuring +
- reading/writing +
- reading +
- skimming/scanning +
- human reading +
- skimming +
- machine reading +
- scanning +
- writing +
- technologising the word +
- typing +
- machine writing +
- searching/browsing +
bootlegging
+
see also diversifying through use, multiplying form, republishing
+Most people think of bootlegs as cheap knock-off products that masquerade as the real deal; bootleg cigarettes, designer-label clothes, not-quite-right imitations of Disney products and the like. Bootlegging began during the prohibition era with the practice of illegally distilling and distributing alcoholic beverages, often literally concealed in the leg of a boot while being transported. Run an image search on the keyword “bootleg” and you’ll probably see all sorts of suspicious-looking bootlegged products. But the way I want to speak of bootlegging is as a social act, a homage, and one that creates and celebrates a multiplicity of form. I’m referring in particular to the vibrant culture of music sharing in the 1970s that followed portable cassette tape recorders entering the market. These allowed fans to cheaply record live performances and share these recordings—also known as bootlegs.
+ +Image: A “bootlegger” concealing a flask of an illegally distributed alcoholic beverage in the leg of a boot during the Prohibition era + + +*A note to the reader:
+This text has been written with the intention to be materialised in a very specific form; a set of A6-sized index cards, contained in a box. Please read it while holding the cards in your hands, shuffling and reordering them, making your own text as you read.
+These cards list the tasks performed on the site of contingencies, the bootleg library. Tasks are described on the obverse, and related images and references are on the reverse.
+
+ +
-
+
- *A note to the reader: +
- Tasks of the Contingent Librarian +
- acquiring/removing +
- finding texts +
- uploading +
- downloading +
- bootlegging +
- being kind to the reader +
- diversifying through use +
- multiplying form +
- republishing +
- cleaning up text +
- editing +
- repaginating +
- reprinting +
- rereferencing +
- rebinding +
- digitising/printing +
- producing texts +
- annotating +
- glossing +
- understanding texts +
- including/excluding +
- administrating +
- indexing +
- making it public/keeping it private +
- inviting +
- making public +
- keeping private +
- trusting +
- networking +
- meeting in small rooms, in small groups +
- consulting +
- open-sourcing +
- inter-depending +
- proprietorising +
- professionalising +
- amateuring +
- reading/writing +
- reading +
- skimming/scanning +
- human reading +
- skimming +
- machine reading +
- scanning +
- writing +
- technologising the word +
- typing +
- machine writing +
- searching/browsing +
bootlegging
+
see also diversifying through use, multiplying form, republishing
+Most people think of bootlegs as cheap knock-off products that masquerade as the real deal; bootleg cigarettes, designer-label clothes, not-quite-right imitations of Disney products and the like. Bootlegging began during the prohibition era with the practice of illegally distilling and distributing alcoholic beverages, often literally concealed in the leg of a boot while being transported. Run an image search on the keyword “bootleg” and you’ll probably see all sorts of suspicious-looking bootlegged products. But the way I want to speak of bootlegging is as a social act, a homage, and one that creates and celebrates a multiplicity of form. I’m referring in particular to the vibrant culture of music sharing in the 1970s that followed portable cassette tape recorders entering the market. These allowed fans to cheaply record live performances and share these recordings—also known as bootlegs.
+ +Image: A “bootlegger” concealing a flask of an illegally distributed alcoholic beverage in the leg of a boot during the Prohibition era + + ++
-
+
- *A note to the reader: +
- Tasks of the Contingent Librarian +
- acquiring/removing +
- finding texts +
- uploading +
- downloading +
- bootlegging +
- being kind to the reader +
- diversifying through use +
- multiplying form +
- republishing +
- cleaning up text +
- editing +
- repaginating +
- reprinting +
- rereferencing +
- rebinding +
- digitising/printing +
- producing texts +
- annotating +
- glossing +
- understanding texts +
- including/excluding +
- administrating +
- indexing +
- making it public/keeping it private +
- inviting +
- making public +
- keeping private +
- trusting +
- networking +
- meeting in small rooms, in small groups +
- consulting +
- open-sourcing +
- inter-depending +
- proprietorising +
- professionalising +
- amateuring +
- reading/writing +
- reading +
- skimming/scanning +
- human reading +
- skimming +
- machine reading +
- scanning +
- writing +
- technologising the word +
- typing +
- machine writing +
- searching/browsing +
+
-
+
- *A note to the reader: +
- Tasks of the Contingent Librarian +
- acquiring/removing +
- finding texts +
- uploading +
- downloading +
- bootlegging +
- being kind to the reader +
- diversifying through use +
- multiplying form +
- republishing +
- cleaning up text +
- editing +
- repaginating +
- reprinting +
- rereferencing +
- rebinding +
- digitising/printing +
- producing texts +
- annotating +
- glossing +
- understanding texts +
- including/excluding +
- administrating +
- indexing +
- making it public/keeping it private +
- inviting +
- making public +
- keeping private +
- trusting +
- networking +
- meeting in small rooms, in small groups +
- consulting +
- open-sourcing +
- inter-depending +
- proprietorising +
- professionalising +
- amateuring +
- reading/writing +
- reading +
- skimming/scanning +
- human reading +
- skimming +
- machine reading +
- scanning +
- writing +
- technologising the word +
- typing +
- machine writing +
- searching/browsing +