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Perec, Georges

doi:10.3917/lgh.002.0111

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“…Then I switched to a second reflection, this time on matters of classification and categorisation -Georges Perec's hilarious but profound taxonomic exercises Penser/Classer (Perec 1985). Led away by new ways of interpretation, new categories should be named and new accommodations should be found.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Mezzanine art, or the stor(e)y between science and art

Leeuwen¹

2008

Historical Biology

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On the final day of the Dublin Blaschka Congress 2007, I gave a fifteen-minute talk on the presumed role of Blaschka glass models in environments less connected to biology and science than to aesthetic or artistic contexts. The various lines of argument were presented as suggestive musings and speculations over some key questions as for example: How welcome are life-like replica's of the natural world in the world of art? How did art move away from science and how did science move into the realm of art? A digression was made into what could be called 'anonymous art'; unintentional beauty found in linear representations of movement in the work of nineteenth century scientists that in turn inspired artists to find new ways of pictorial expression. What makes objects of functional, scientific or any other practical intention desirable for art collectors? Where exactly lies the transition from a potentially collectible item into an item of unique artistic value? And finally, in what sort of an environment, academic, private, museal, do these objects find their true home. The present paper follows tone and open-endedness of these musings and seeks to contribute to further discussions.

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Mezzanine art, or the stor(e)y between science and art

Leeuwen¹

2008

Historical Biology

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“…This is an inescapable character of human knowledge, which cannot encompass the whole of reality in a single act of perception, but needs to decompose reality into elements and relationships between them. In this sense, it is often said that "to think is to classify" (Perec 1986;Ridi 2006), as reality is spontaneously analyzed into classes of phenomena by our cognitive apparatus. Ranganathan himself (1967, 77) wrote that classification is perhaps "concomitant with the finiteness of the speed of neural impulses in the human body.…”

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Classifying Phenomena Part 1: Dimensions

Gnoli¹

2016

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This is the first part of a study on the classification of phenomena. It starts by addressing the status of classification schemes among knowledge organization systems (KOSs), as some features of them have been overlooked in recent reviews of KOS types. It then considers the different dimensions implied in a KOS, which include: the observed phenomena, the cultural and disciplinary perspective under which they are treated, the features of documents carrying such treatment, the collections of such documents as managed in libraries, archives or museums, the information needs prompting to search and use these collections and the people experiencing such different information needs. Until now, most library classification schemes have given priority to the perspective dimension as they first list disciplines. However, an increasing number of voices are now considering the possibility of classification schemes giving priority to phenomena as advocated in the León Manifesto. Although these schemes first list phenomena as their main classes, they can as well express perspective or the other relevant dimensions that occur in a classified item. The independence of a phenomenon-based classification from the institutional divisions into disciplines contributes to giving knowledge organization a more proactive and influential role.

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“…Essa ordem de classificação também é explorada no livro penser/classer (PEREC, 1985) que traz um texto com o mesmo nome, no qual Perec começa se perguntando se ele pensa antes de classificar ou se ele classifica antes de pensar e como ele pensa quando quer classificar, perguntas que nos remetem aos comentários de Foucault. Perec continua provocando e desordenando o próprio sistema de ordenação através de sinônimos: tudo isso seria uma utopia de desejo taxonômico, a de colocar um lugar para cada coisa e uma coisa em cada lugar.…”

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Os problemas de classificação nas obras de Jorge Luis Borges e Georges Perec

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Gomes²

2013

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rESumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo aproximar a obra de Borges e Perec sob o viés da classificação, apontando diferentes formas de compilação do conhecimento humano. A partir da necessidade do homem de classificar e ordenar a realidade, os autores reabrem a prática da enciclopédia e subvertem a ordenação tradicional do conhecimento por meio da noção de inclassificável.PALAVrAS-CHAVE: Jorge Luis Borges; Georges Perec; classificação; enciclopédia; arquivo.ABSTrACT: The present article aims to reflect upon the work of and Perec under the bias of classification, pointing out the different forms of compilation of human knowledge. From the man's need to classify and sort facts, the authors reopen the practice of encyclopedia and subvert traditional knowledge through the concept of the unclassifiable.

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Cited by 16 publications

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Mezzanine art, or the stor(e)y between science and art

Mezzanine art, or the stor(e)y between science and art

Classifying Phenomena Part 1: Dimensions

Os problemas de classificação nas obras de Jorge Luis Borges e Georges Perec

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