K-SAA Public Commonplace Book Vol.1 – "Reading(s), Reading Habits"

announcing the first K-SAA Public Commonplace Book; a colorful network representing the content of the crowd-sourced ideas is in the background

Announcement: the theme for the new K-SAA Outreach Program for the academic year 2023-4 is ‘commonplacing‘. Explore upcoming events and new teaching/learning resources on our webpage here.

a gif showing the dynamic graph showing the constellations of commonplaces collected

See the interactive & searchable star chart—the constellations of commonplaces which are the foundation of our commonplace book—here. To learn to navigate the chart, see page 7 of the Commonplace Book Vol.1 below.

The K-SAA Public Commonplace book is a public engagement project that seeks to map the breadth of connections between global Romantic-era writers and the readers of today. The inaugural volume (below) explores the theme “Reading(s)/reading habits” to chart all the “what” and “who” surrounding acts of reading across two centuries. What was read—by whom—where—to what end and outcome? Recontextualized in a dynamic format, these crowd-sourced records of reading(s) from around and of the world reveal networks of ideas and (un)common feelings that continue to transcend the seeming constraints of time and space.

We thank all the contributors who have taken the time to support this first effort at mapping (& with apologies for the long wait)! We look forward to sharing some of the highlights from the submission in the weeks to come. Please check back on the k-saa.org website and follow our Twitter (@KSAAcomm) and Instagram (@_ksaa_1903_) for future calls for contribution and other events. Share with us what you think of this using the hashtag #KSAAcmpbvol1.

An exciting new section on literary tourism at the Keats-Shelley House in Rome will be featured in future volumes of the Public Commonplace Book. If you’d like to share a previous visit, please see the preliminary details about making a submission here.

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Alternatively, contact us at ksaacomm@gmail.com if you have any feedback, or wish to report any issues. Please note that the crowd-sourced data collected may contain errors.