Annotation Beyond the Page is the second course in Pathway B. It sends learners outward — into their neighborhoods, onto digital platforms, and through the layered surfaces of the built environment. This is the Academy's most fieldwork-intensive course, grounded in the conviction that annotation scholarship must include leaving the desk and encountering enduring marks as a result of continuous movement.
Conduct fieldwork documenting annotation in public and digital spaces
Analyze built environments, social media, and civic settings as annotated texts
Apply the concepts of land-marking, palimpsest, and figurative highlighting to real-world annotation
Examine how digital platform features (hashtags, quote tweets, amended screenshots) function as annotation
Design and execute a community-engaged annotation project