[silence] {Disarmed} Re: Cage Reference Sought

[Joseph Zitt]

This sounds like a wonderful idea. I have a feeling that tools and
methodologies for this might already exist. Indexing is a tricky task,
not as automatic as it might seem.

Might any of our Information Science pros have any insight?

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Rob Haskins <rob_haskins@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes indeed--I would be willing to contribute to such a resource! We could
> have people devoted to specific books, specific time periods, etc. and come
> up with a Cage Wikiconcordance.
> Rob
>
>
> Rob Haskins
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> University of New Hampshire
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> "Heroism doesn't consist in brilliantly combatting someone else. . . .  What
> is heroic is to accept the situation in which you find yourself."  -- John
> Cage
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> From: "kos@panix.com" <kos@panix.com>
> To: silence@virginia.edu
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:51:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [silence] Cage Reference Sought
>
> So often so many people are seeking Cage references.  "Where did he say x?"
> seems like a typical question on this (and other) e-mail lists.
>
> Wouldn't it be great if a team of people got together and drew up a plan for
> systematically going through Cage's writings and "indexing" them, nothing
> where
> he cites people, works, ideas, events, etc.  Perhaps it could be a wiki or
> some
> other database where people could participate (especially if they're
> planning on
> reading his works).
>
> Having such a database would be of great help to many - and might spur
> additional research on Cage and his world.
>
>
> Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
> Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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