ANTH 262: Language and Power: In-Class Activity - Folksonomies

Folksonomy : a user-generated system of classifying and organizing online content into different categories by the use of metadata such as electronic tags.

Examples:

• The Austin Graffiti Project is a photography blog by Rachel Panella that utilizes a controlled vocabulary developed from folksonomy created from the tags of users of the graffiti documentation website FatCap
•  The Digital Transgender Archive is an example of a tag-based folksonomy in action within a digital archive. The system is best explored through the topic browse list

Let's Tag some Zines! 

- Take a look at one or both of the zines below

- Think about how you would describe each zine (content, format, etc.) 

- Use the link above each zine to access a Google Sheet - enter your descriptive terms as tags, one tag per cell

Interested in learning more about zines at Williams and beyond? Find out more at the ZINES @ Williams Libraries guide.