Annotation
An introduction to annotation as a genre—a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication—and its significance in scholarship and everyday life.

Annotation—the addition of a note to a text—is an everyday and social activity that provides information, shares commentary, sparks conversation, expresses power, and aids learning. It helps mediate the relationship between reading and writing. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an introduction to annotation and its literary, scholarly, civic, and everyday significance across historical and contemporary contexts. It approaches annotation as a genre—a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication—and offer examples of annotation that range from medieval rubrication and early book culture to data labeling and online reviews.
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Annotation
An introduction to annotation as a genre—a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication—and its significance in scholarship and everyday life.

Annotation—the addition of a note to a text—is an everyday and social activity that provides information, shares commentary, sparks conversation, expresses power, and aids learning. It helps mediate the relationship between reading and writing. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an introduction to annotation and its literary, scholarly, civic, and everyday significance across historical and contemporary contexts. It approaches annotation as a genre—a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication—and offer examples of annotation that range from medieval rubrication and early book culture to data labeling and online reviews.
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An introduction to annotation as a genre—a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication—and its significance in scholarship and everyday life.

Annotation—the addition of a note to a text—is an everyday and social activity that provides information, shares commentary, sparks conversation, expresses power, and aids learning. It helps mediate the relationship between reading and writing. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an introduction to annotation and its literary, scholarly, civic, and everyday significance across historical and contemporary contexts. It approaches annotation as a genre—a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication—and offer examples of annotation that range from medieval rubrication and early book culture to data labeling and online reviews.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780262539920
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 04/06/2021
Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Remi Kalir is Assistant Professor of Learning Design and Technology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development. Antero Garcia is Assistant Professor of Education at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education. He is the author of Good Reception: Teens, Teachers, and Mobile Media in a Los Angeles High School (MIT Press).

Table of Contents

Series Foreword ix

Preface xi

1 Introduction 1

2 Annotation Provides Information 33

3 Annotation Shares Commentary 63

4 Annotation Sparks Conversation 87

5 Annotation Expresses Power 113

6 Annotation Aids Learning 137

7 An Annotated Future 161

Glossary 181

Notes 185

Further Reading 203

Index 205

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