Introduction to Luhmann's Zettelkasten-thinking and its technical implementation

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Lüdecke, D. (2015). Introduction to Luhmann's Zettelkasten-thinking and its technical implementation. Lecture at "Methodological Intersections" Trier Digital Humanities Autumn School 2015, Tier-Hamburg, 28/09/2015-03/10/2015. Hamburg: Daniel Lüdecke. Retrieved November 21, 2015 from https://strengejacke.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/introduction-into-luhmanns-zettelkasten-thinking.pdf

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Type of work: Conference

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Knowledge Management

Abstract:

This lecture gives an introduction into a specific scholarly technique of reading and excerpting texts and organizing personal knowledge: the fundamental principle of building a “Zettelkasten” (slip box), as practiced by Niklas Luhmann. The aim of this lecture is, first, to illustrate the theoretical background and working principle of Niklas Luhmann’s Zettelkasten; second, a computer based implementation of this technique is demonstrated, which – in contrast to many other available software solutions – aims at reproducing the working principle of Niklas Luhmann’s Zettelkasten.