{"id":460,"date":"2019-04-23T01:36:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T01:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2019-04-23T01:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T01:36:23","slug":"heuretics-ulmer-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/23\/heuretics-ulmer-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Heuretics – Ulmer – Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heuretics – Ulmer<\/h1>\n

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Analogy.\u00a0The method\u00a0becomes\u00a0an invention\u00a0when\u00a0it\u00a0relies\u00a0on\u00a0analogy\u00a0and\u00a0chance\u00a0(Buchler,\u00a014).\u00a0If\u00a0methods\u00a0tend\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0practiced\u00a0as\u00a0algorithms,\u00a0their\u00a0invention\u00a0is\u00a0heuristic\u00a0(heuretics\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0heuristic\u00a0approach\u00a0to\u00a0theory).\u00a0To\u00a0help\u00a0invent\u00a0the\u00a0dialectic,\u00a0Plato\u00a0relies\u00a0on<\/p>\n

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Writing\u00a0as\u00a0technology\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0memory\u00a0machine,\u00a0with\u00a0each\u00a0apparatus\u00a0finding\u00a0different\u00a0means\u00a0to\u00a0collect,\u00a0store,\u00a0and\u00a0retrieve\u00a0information\u00a0outside\u00a0of\u00a0any\u00a0one\u00a0individual\u00a0mind\u00a0(in\u00a0rituals,\u00a0habits,\u00a0libraries,\u00a0or\u00a0databases).\u00a0Part\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0contribution\u00a0of\u00a0hypermedia\u00a0as<\/p>\n

The target\u00a0for\u00a0my\u00a0method\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0models\u00a0of\u00a0memory\u00a0developed\u00a0for\u00a0it,\u00a0inasmuch\u00a0as\u00a0individuals\u00a0and\u00a0societies\u00a0tend\u00a0to\u00a0internalize\u00a0as\u00a0forms\u00a0of\u00a0reasoning\u00a0the\u00a0operations\u00a0of\u00a0their\u00a0tools.\u00a0The\u00a0current\u00a0state\u00a0of\u00a0computer\u00a0interface\u00a0design,\u00a0then,\u00a0may\u00a0hold\u00a0some\u00a0valuable\u00a0lessons\u00a0for\u00a0Derridean heuretics.<\/p>\n

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What is our relationship with technology, language and memory \u2013 writing in the margins, taking notes on the computer, blog, evernote\u2026<\/p>\n

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The practice of inventing \u2013 powerpoint, excel, technology, writing iPad- at work, everyone uses different tools. Challenge of<\/p>\n

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The tool can change how we think \u2013 space \u2013 choppy \u2013 white space, say it tight vs. a memo, full sentences.<\/p>\n

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Writing \u2013 books to blogs to printed magazine to online magazine to<\/p>\n

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Not medium specific \u2013 has anyone been taught on how to write based on the channel they use?<\/p>\n

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Chorography\u2013 to write<\/p>\n

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Heuretics – Ulmer Analogy.\u00a0The method\u00a0becomes\u00a0an invention\u00a0when\u00a0it\u00a0relies\u00a0on\u00a0analogy\u00a0and\u00a0chance\u00a0(Buchler,\u00a014).\u00a0If\u00a0methods\u00a0tend\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0practiced\u00a0as\u00a0algorithms,\u00a0their\u00a0invention\u00a0is\u00a0heuristic\u00a0(heuretics\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0heuristic\u00a0approach\u00a0to\u00a0theory).\u00a0To\u00a0help\u00a0invent\u00a0the\u00a0dialectic,\u00a0Plato\u00a0relies\u00a0on “The\u00a0Manifesto\u00a0of\u00a0Surrealism,”\u00a0and\u00a0for\u00a0that\u00a0matter\u00a0all\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0manifestos\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0avant-garde, belong\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0tradition\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0discourse\u00a0on\u00a0method.\u00a0A\u00a0comparison\u00a0of\u00a0Breton’s\u00a0manifesto\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0various\u00a0classics\u00a0of\u00a0the 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