If you are familiar with the latest research on luhmanns original zettelkasten you already know that his first zettelkasten is not lost. Twentynine and a half years later, he published the last chapter of what is probably the most systematic and comprehensive sociological theory ever written. One of the most comprehensive and influential historical sources of notetaking was the zettelkasten. Vladimir nabokov, jean paul and arno schmidt wrote their novels drafts on index cards. Pdf introduction into luhmanns zettelkastenthinking and. I would say that this significantly increased my research productivity. For luhmann, the society and all subsystems are autopoietic systems. Ein erfahrungsbericht communication with index card systems. The first line is the title of the note, the second line is a list of three hashtags, the next line is the idea ive written down, and the last two lines are links to two files. The following biographical sketch is based on one of the interviews in this book, pp. I expect some of this may be useful even if you dont use zettelkasten if. When the german sociologist niklas luhmann became a professor, he was asked what his main research project would be. Nachlassubersicht findbuch zettelkasten manuskripte arbeitsbibliothek.
The aim of this lecture is, first, to illustrate the theoretical background and working principle of niklas luhmanns zettelkasten. Oermusik open educational resources zur musik 9,154 views 12. Workflow of luhmanns principle in the electronic zettelkasten think about the topic or subject, where a new note fits into find a starting point in the zettelkasten related to this topic and start reading exploring your existing notes sequences decide whether the note is the start of a new topic sequence. One of the most productive and systematic social scicentist, niklas luhmann, worked only with pen and paper, but his notetaking system is still in many regards unmatched. Niklas luhmann chapter pdf available september 2011 with 3,116 reads. Warum jeder student niklas luhmanns zettelkasten kennen.
On the development, purpose and context of niklas luhmanns systems theory stefan rossbach university of kent at canterbury unfinished draft work in progress to be presented at the ecpr joint session of workshops, copenhagen, april 2000 contents 1. Doing it right, you can move way beyond inputoutputbased notetaking. Pdf introduction into luhmanns zettelkastenthinking and its. Create a zettelkasten for your notes to improve thinking. This program is based on the working principle of niklas luhmanns famous zettelkasten.
This post provides a list of resources about the tried and true zettelkasten method often associated with german sociologist niklas luhmann. Interpretation it seems to be more fruitful today to thematize and formalize luhmanns distinctions with the help of diamond theory instead of the calculus of indication of george spencer brown. Interpretation it seems to be more fruitful today to thematize and formalize luhmann s distinctions with the help of diamond theory instead of the calculus of indication of george spencer brown. December 8, 1927 november 6, 1998 was a german sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory, who is considered one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century. I recommend the program zettelkasten by daniel ludecke, but you can also use other. Niklas luhmann zum 90 er dachte mit dem zettelkasten.
Workflow of luhmann s principle in the electronic zettelkasten think about the topic or subject, where a new note fits into find a starting point in the zettelkasten related to this topic and start reading exploring your existing notes sequences decide whether the note is the start of a new topic sequence. Bei dem zettelkasten handelt es sich um eine strukturierte gedankensammlung des soziologen niklas luhmann. Zettelkasten nach niklas luhmann opensourcesoftware niklas luhmanns zettelkasten als digitalisat. Early this year, conor whitesullivan introduced me to the zettelkasten method of notetaking. How to make a complete map of every thought you think html, pdf. Ultimately it seems that all these information systems are just different implementations of nodes, edges, and containers. Niklas luhmanns als uberraschungs generator universitat bielefeld. An electronic zettelkasten slip box, file card system according to niklas luhmann. In this talk i will give a brief account on the specifics of his. Naturally, this sort of thing is difficult to quantify. Introduction to luhmanns zettelkasten thinking and its.
Theorie des sozialen gesellschaftstheorie 40 monographien 500 aufsatze zu lebzeiten grundlage seiner forschungsarbeit. Introduction to luhmanns zettelkastenthinking strenge jacke. Yes, zettelkasten sounds like a complicated german philosophical concept but it simply means box of notes. Since the file is just plain text, it can be opened with any text editor. Content management system cms task management project portfolio management time tracking pdf. Elektronischer zettelkasten nach niklas luhmann brought to you by. With the zettelkasten, you can manage your daily work with scientific articles or. The truth is, i think it may be more like 3x, especially along the dimension of producing ideas and also earlystage. Zettelkasten niklas luhmann zettelkasten niklas luhmann. Zkn zettelkasten alternatives and similar software.
Her method of managing these notes is based on the zettelkasten concept developed by niklas luhmann. Somehow, a rumor did arise that he lost his first zettelkasten. Welcome to the homepage of the zettelkasten slip box for your computer. This program is based on the working principle of niklas luhmann s famous zettelkasten. A key notion in niklas zettelkasten, obviously, is selfreference.
When the german sociologist niklas luhmann became a professor, he was asked what his. When all is said and done, it doesnt get much more complicated than that. A detailed explanation of how luhmanns zettelkasten notetaking method works. Luhmann zettelkasten i bielefeld digitale sammlungen. The zettelkasten is, so to speak, the basis of your work. The software appears to be pushing concepts that would have been impossible in luhmanns system. Zettelkasten according to luhmann for windows, mac os x and linux. I was giving a talk at trier digital humanities autumn school 2015 on luhmanns way of working with his zettelkasten, and how i implemented this technique in the electronic zettelkasten the core principle of luhmanns way to manage his notes was a combination of selective tagging, manual links between notes and a sequence of short notes and arbitrary branching. Niklas luhmann developed the system to take notes on his reading. This paper offers an introduction to niklas luhmanns life work. Zettelkasten niklas luhmann bielefeld digitale sammlungen. Zettelkasten how one german scholar was so freakishly.
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