Version 01 - Why am I sharing this piece? Who do I want to share it with and what do I want to convey to the ones I am sharing with? - When does citing turn into acknowledging? - Does citation always mean others can access and refer to it? - How do I hope this piece to circulate? - Could the cited materials/references form a new library? So that "my" citations and refernces can be used by others? The bibliography as resource? - Can I draw/write a genealogy of inspirations for the writing of this piece - Did I re-use any material from ouside the academic context? Are these citations affirmative, gestural, performative, could they be considered a form of violent appropriation? - Am I responding/talking to someone specifically? - do I have a responsibility when I cite something/someone to be inline with their thinking. Of course not... but what power hierarchy/ reltionship do I build? Taking out of context, and similar? - Does my piece reflect thinking by indigenous thought/politics, Black feminist thought/politics, queer theory/politics? (trying to move from identity to content?) Are these citations affirmative, gestural, performative, could they be considered a form of violent appropriation? - What/who is this piece trying to be solidary with? - How is this piece in solidarity with those it is in solidarity with? - What would be the conditions for this new piece to be reused? (this is different from asking: "Who do I want to cite this work and why?") What is the difference between (re)use and citing when it comes to thoughts, traditions, experiences -- texts?? - what are the conditions into which this piece has been made? (did I include any info about conditions in the piece) - What should readers do with the piece? - what are the conditions in which the cited work has been produced? What can I give back? - which tools did I use to craft the argument? from which tradition do they stem? - to what does this piece contribute? - are the citations (data, practices, methods) I draw on extractive or productive? (or generative?) - what barriers might exist in this text? how can they be turned into access? - did I converse with those/that that I refer to in the piece before and or after? If not, why not? (talkin with ghosts :o) a warning? have access? Is this asking for permission? - What is this piece? committed to what/who what about fluffy things re-using a method? speculative conversations? bell hooks speculative conversation mixed with 'actual' conversations published or not academic world is not captured all the assumptions ... does it work well? giving back = more than citing working with activists how to not write not in extractivist way, but giving "back". (Taking and giving >>contributing) who is this piece in solidarity with? appropriation considered to be normal citation is something that exists, which is pulled into a piece. What does the piece do? what contribution does a piece make different ways of citing acknowledging (does not have to be stabilized; have to be an item) vs citing take up a concept: engaging with... ----------------------------- version 02 This set of questions was developed alongside ongoing cultural production. Trying to answer these questions is a way to pay attention to the ecosystem (???) around (practices) piece, its conditions of production and future use (and edit appropriately as you determine necessary). The intention is to help you note patterns in terms of acknowledgment, diversity of resources, where references are situated in geographically, institutionally, their genealogy, and how the piece/practice/xxxx breaks with patterns of dominant inclusions and exclusions. Okune: "where the authors are from geographically, institutionally, intellectual genealogy, categories of race, gender, other intersectional categories." Note: I would not wish for this set of questions to be translated into a quantitative “rating” that gives a measure of progressive citational practices. Rather, I intend for these questions to help foster a reflective practice of focusing one’s own attention to important aspects that should be considered when contributing to the (ecosystem?) by writing and citing. - Why am I sharing this piece? Who do I want to share it with and what do I want to convey to the ones I am sharing with? - When does citing turn into acknowledging? - What relations do the citations create? (between the text and the source, the text and the reader, the reader and the source) - Does citation always mean others can access and refer to this specific item? - How do I hope this piece to circulate? - What are the means I hope this piece will circulate through? - Could the cited materials/references form a new library? So that "my" citations and refernces can be used by others? The bibliography as resource? Drawing in the quote that it is not "my finding", but others can use it their way. - Can I draw/write a genealogy of inspirations for the writing of this piece - Can I draw a future genealogy that this piece/work/gesture might inspire - Did I re-use any material from ouside the academic context? Are these citations affirmative, gestural, performative, could they be considered a form of violent appropriation? - Am I responding/talking to someone specifically? - Am I writing this piece as a way to respond or to talk to someone specifically? To the cited author? - do I have a responsibility when I cite something/someone to be inline with their thinking. Of course not... but what power hierarchy/ reltionship do I build? Taking out of context, and similar? - Does my piece reflect thinking by indigenous thought/politics, Black feminist thought/politics, queer theory/politics? (trying to move from identity to content?) Are these citations affirmative, gestural, performative, could they be considered a form of violent appropriation? - What/who is this piece trying to be solidary with? - What would be the conditions for this new piece to be reused? (this is different from asking: "Who do I want to cite this work and why?") What is the difference between (re)use and citing when it comes to thoughts, traditions, experiences - as well as stabilized texts? - what are the conditions into which this piece has been made? (did I include any info about conditions in the piece) - Does the piece mention the conditons into which it was generated? (render legible) - Does the piece change the conditions into which it was generated? - What should readers (not) do with the piece? (indeed probably easier to respond what not to do than what to do?) - what are the conditions in which the cited work has been produced? - which tools did I use to craft the argument? from which tradition do they stem? - to what (field?, movement? what could be meant with what?) does this piece contribute? ("what does this piece contribute to"? I think "what" is the question, right) - are the citations (data, practices, methods) I draw on extractive or productive? (or generative?) - what barriers might exist in the way this piece can be accessed? how can these barriers be turned into access? - What does this piece contribute to ongoing conversations - What is this piece (?) committed to/committing to [opacity? uncitable references?] - What power relations does this piece contribute to and/or break down we're moving within her framweowrk -- it is a loop