From ab9a86dd75c29628a9b741f2513d7a89863824cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tamsin woo Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:53:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] citations: paragraph break --- ethically-questionable-citation-practices.gmi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ethically-questionable-citation-practices.gmi b/ethically-questionable-citation-practices.gmi index fe21fba..92b048e 100644 --- a/ethically-questionable-citation-practices.gmi +++ b/ethically-questionable-citation-practices.gmi @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ > Writing becomes infrastructural when the writing becomes embedded in higher-level products and systems and shapes them in often unnoticed ways. -a pleasant artifact of gemini's limited typographical infrastructure—especially its lack of inline links—is that it occasions the breakdown of the citation practices common to informal writing on the web. citation practices produce and reproduce our disciplines, form alliances, and connect individual documents. in turn, these become the infrastructure of our intellectual pursuits. a change in the technology of the document presents an opportunity to think carefully about how citational convention influnces our writing and our thought. i intend to do this continually and maintain this as a guide to my evolving style. +a pleasant artifact of gemini's limited typographical infrastructure—especially its lack of inline links—is that it occasions the breakdown of the citation practices common to informal writing on the web. citation practices produce and reproduce our disciplines, form alliances, and connect individual documents. in turn, these become the infrastructure of our intellectual pursuits. + +a change in the technology of the document presents an opportunity to think carefully about how citational convention influnces our writing and our thought. i intend to do this continually and maintain this as a guide to my evolving style. * epigraphs: i will frequently use one or more blockquoted epigraphs in front-matter or epilogue of a document or subheaded section. these will never be attributed directly. body text may reference the quoted author or work, and may comment on the epigraph's connection to the document's content. citation may also be provided by link (see below). epigraphs will sometimes be included without comment, particularly when the source is easily identifed from other sources. * blockquotes and inline quotes: when interspersed with body text, quotations will usually be introduced or otherwise explained. they won't be cited in any traditional format. my hope is that, without recourse to shorthand, i'll tend to limit inline references to bodies of work i can take the time to engage with fully.