Methods of Cataloguing

Written Response – Methods of Cataloguing

The following text is a collection of metadata in the form of commentary about “The Order of Things” by Michael Foucault, pages 16-18. As with the open nature of the original text, this metadata aims to expand and reflect on Foucault’s writing from an alternative point of view.

Category : Methods of Cataloguing, Unit 1 - Methods

Week 2 – Methods of Cataloguing

The initial approach was clear and reliable in a way, but this week I wanted to take my investigation further and dig deeper into the set's context. I started researching more about 19th century ornamental and typographic treatments, and I found most, if not all of the specimens, intrinsically connected to the European foundries of the time.

Category : Methods of Cataloguing, Unit 1 - Methods

Week 1 – Methods of Cataloguing

This collection of Latin American Pamphlets from the 19th and early 20th century caught my attention as I'm particularly interested in typography, and it it's related to my own background. It was quite insightful to analyse the methods and content of this collection of written pieces. For this exercise I took a sample of 50 pamphlet covers found in the Harvard online library collection.

Category : Methods of Cataloguing, Unit 1 - Methods