This elective teaches participants to read their neighborhoods, campuses, and cities as annotated texts. Drawing on Kalir's fieldwork methodology in Re/Marks on Power, it provides a structured introduction to place-based annotation study: how to plan an annotation walk, what to look for, how to document and analyze what you find, and how to share your fieldwork with others.
Designed for: Educators, researchers, community organizers, and curious walkers
Read the built environment as an annotated text using concepts of land-marking and palimpsest
Plan and conduct a structured annotation walk
Document and analyze place-based annotation with photographs and field notes
Compile fieldwork into a visual report with analytical captions
The practical fieldwork companion to Course 5 (Annotation Beyond the Page). Extends Course 3's case studies of place-based annotation.