Wenaus, Andrew C.
Zipf Maneuvers: On Non-Reprintable Materials
- ISBN 13:
- 9781916541108
- author:
- Wenaus, Andrew C.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Erratum Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, Criticism,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Zipf Maneuvers On Non-Reprintable Materials challenges the way knowledge is commodified in academic publishing. Using mathematical techniques, neuroscientist Germán Sierra and literary theorist Andrew C. Wenaus devise a strategy to resist institutional control over intellectual labour. By reorganizing their original articles according to Zipf's Law, a statistical principle that ranks words by frequency, they create a fragmented data set that resists conventional reading. Each word is assigned a number corresponding to its original position in the text, producing a disjointed structure. This approach exposes the absurdity of a system that hinders the free circulation of ideas. The result is a protest against corporate financialization of knowledge and a critique of intellectual property laws that restrict access.
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