Description

An introduction to annotation as a genrea synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communicationand its significance in scholarship and everyday life.

Annotationthe addition of a note to a textis 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 genrea synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communicationand offer examples of annotation that range from medieval rubrication and early book culture to data labeling and online reviews.

Author: Remi H. Kalir, Antero Garcia
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 04/06/2021
Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780262539920
Language: English