Index: docs/assignments/2.md ================================================================== --- docs/assignments/2.md +++ docs/assignments/2.md @@ -9,20 +9,33 @@ After you have created your manual, you will [choose a Creative Commons license](https://creativecommons.org/choose/) under which to release your work to the public. Submit your assignment, preferably as a single PDF, through Brightspace. Making hard copies to distribute to your friends is optional but encouraged! ## Resources -Care, maintenance or repair manuals come in all kinds of formats. Aside from basic information about the thing being cared for, common elements include checklists, flowcharts, diagrams, step-by-step instructions, as well as recommendations for tools and instructions for their use. Manuals combine technical communication with intercultural awareness of the needs of the audience. They have to find a balance between, on the one hand, providing enough information to be helpful (or else risk knowledge gaps) and, on the other hand, maximalism (which may be overwhelming, lead to resignation, and create a hierarchy between the more or less technically competent). +Care, maintenance or repair manuals come in all kinds of formats. Aside from basic information about the thing being cared for, common elements include: + +- bulleted lists +- checklists +- flowcharts +- diagrams +- step-by-step instructions +- recommendations for tools and instructions for their use + +Manuals combine technical communication with intercultural awareness of the needs of the audience. They have to find a balance between, on the one hand, providing enough information to be helpful (or else risk knowledge gaps) and, on the other hand, maximalism (which may be overwhelming, lead to resignation, and create a hierarchy between the more or less technically competent). Will your group be able to find the right balance? For inspiration regarding the form of your manual, consult the following projects: +- [Manuals + Guides](https://www.are.na/shannon-mattern/manuals-guides) +- [Step by Step: Thinking Through and Beyond the Repair Manual](https://placesjournal.org/article/step-by-step-repair-manuals-political-ecology) +- [Academic Repair Manual](https://redesigningacademy.wordsinspace.net/spring2022/academic-repair-manual/) +- [Debt Resistor's Manual](https://strikedebt.org/drom/) - [Dish of the Day: Digital Care Meal](https://pratododia.org/en/) (*Prato do Dia*) -- [How to Darn Your Clothes](https://iffybooks.net/darning/) +- [Read the Feminist Manual](https://psaroskalazines.gr/zines/RTFM/) - [A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance](https://cpezine.omeka.net/items/show/7) - [Bicycle Maintenance Zine](https://neighborhoodanarchists.org/bike-maintenance-zine/) -- [Read the Feminist Manual](https://psaroskalazines.gr/zines/RTFM/) +- [How to Darn Your Clothes](https://iffybooks.net/darning/) - [iFixit Repair Guides](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide) You can consult work by preceding cohorts of students in this course for inspiration regarding the content of your manual: - [Zines](https://archive.org/details/@j_boy/lists/1/ecer?sort=date) by former ECER students - [Zines and other resources](https://www.jboy.space/blog/hacking-ethnography.html) by former ECER students