Academics, students, and readers: how do you take your research notes? I found this video overview on PhD annotation systems helpful, but I still prefer starting with ol’ fashioned analog notepads, and I have a (relatively simple) system of manila folders for printouts. Pen and paper seem to help memory retention. And of course, as Umberto Eco would talk about, a guide to thesis writing (and note taking) can also be a guide to life.
I wanted to offer a few reading recommendations for the ‘web’: micro-, liminal-, integral- or otherwise! The Scent of Time: A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering, Byung Chul Han Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climate Regime, Bruno Latour Platform Socialism: How to Reclaim Our Digital Future from Big Tech, James Muldoon Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality, Gloria Anzaldua
Philosophy as practice isn’t always emphasized. Even as academics we are inclinced to gather the product, not learn the practice(s) of thought. I’ve always favored the philosophers who recognize that philosophy, like art, is a kind of contemplative and transformative practice. Notes from my reading of Sloterdijk’s The Art of Philosophy.