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-[[Image:Antichità Romane.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Antichita Romanae]]'' ([[1748]]) by [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Piranesi]]+[[Image:Antichità Romane.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Antichita Romanae]]'' (1748) by Piranesi
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If this wiki were a [[city]], it would feature prominently [[nightclub]]s, [[record store]]s, a [[red light district]]s, [[museum]]s, [[library|libraries]], [[second hand book]] stores and [[Comic book|comic]] shops.]] If this wiki were a [[city]], it would feature prominently [[nightclub]]s, [[record store]]s, a [[red light district]]s, [[museum]]s, [[library|libraries]], [[second hand book]] stores and [[Comic book|comic]] shops.]]
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-The '''Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia''' is a [[nobrow]] [[encyclopedia]] for the [[lofty|loftiest]] of [[intellectual]]s and the most [[jaded]] [[hedonists]]. It explores the [[hidden]] links between "[[mainstream]]" and "[[underground culture|underground]]" culture.+The '''Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia''' (2007-{{CURRENTYEAR}}) is a [[nobrow]] [[Wikipedia fork]] by [[Jahsonic]], built along [[themes and sensibilities|these themes and sensibilities]] and [[Template:Keywords|keywords]] as well as [[:Category:Canon|these artists and theorists]].
-The encylopedia, a [[Wikipedia remix]], is built along [[themes and sensibilities|these themes and sensibilities]] and [[Template:Keywords|keywords]] as well as [[:Category:Canon|these artists and theorists]]. +It evolved from '''Jahsonic.com''' (1996-2007), a site that "explored the [[boundaries]], [[bridge]]s and [[intersection]]s of [[culture]]", as Sholem Stein put it.
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== Methodology == == Methodology ==
-:"[[Method of this work: literary montage. I have nothing to say only to show]]." -- ''[[Passagenwerk]]'' (1927 - 1940) by Walter Benjamin+:"[[Method of this work: literary montage. I have nothing to say only to show]]." -- ''Passagenwerk'' (1927 - 1940) by Walter Benjamin
-:The "[[Rhizome (philosophy)|rhizome]]" allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation. --''[[A Thousand Plateaus]]'' - Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, volume 2 of ''Capitalisme et Schizofrénie'' (1980) +:This website is a "[[Rhizome (philosophy)|rhizome]]" and allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points. --J. W. Geerinck
== Biases == == Biases ==
-Biases+*Contrary to the guidelines of Wikipedia (of which this work is a [[Wikipedia remix|remix]]), this encyclopedia allows [[original research]] and has a [[publication bias]] favoring [[appreciative criticism]]
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-*Contrary to the guidelines of Wikipedia (of which this encyclopedia is a [[Wikipedia remix|remix]]), this encyclopedia allows original research and has a [[publication bias]] favoring [[appreciative criticism]]. +
*In [[Biography|biographies]], lots of attention is given to [[sexual life|romantic involvement]]s ([[cherchez la femme]] and [[cherchez l'homme]]) and [[patronage]]. *In [[Biography|biographies]], lots of attention is given to [[sexual life|romantic involvement]]s ([[cherchez la femme]] and [[cherchez l'homme]]) and [[patronage]].
-*Geography: Europe, United States, [[cross-fertilization]] between the [[Anglosphere]] and [[Francosphere]].+*Geography: [[Eurocentrism]], [[Francophilia]], [[Francosphere]], [[Anglosphere]] contrasted with a distinct preference for [[other]]ness and [[alterity]]
-**Geographical bias: [[Eurocentrism]], [[Francophilia]]; see [[themes and sensibilities|these themes and sensibilities]] and [[Template:Keywords|keywords]], [[:Category:Canon|canonical artists and theorists]]+*Themes and sensibilities: [[themes and sensibilities|these themes and sensibilities]] and [[Template:Keywords|keywords]]
 +*[[:Category:Canon|canonical artists and theorists]]
*[[Body genre]]s *[[Body genre]]s
-*Preference for [[other]]ness and [[alterity]]+*Linguistic strategy: [[namesake]]s, [[homonymy]] and [[Hyponymy and hypernymy|hyperonymy]] [[paronymy]] are important and strengthen [[self-referentiality]] of the encyclopedia.
-*[[Namesake]]s: importance of [[homonymy]] and [[paronymy]] are important and strenghten [[self-referentiality]] of the encyclopedia.+*General: bias towards the [[cult following|cult]]ish, the [[transgressive]] and the [[nobrow]]; [[stereotype|stereotypical representations]]
-*General: bias towards the [[cult]]ish, the [[transgressive]] and the [[nobrow]]; [[stereotype|stereotypical representations]]+*[[Music]]: bias towards [[black music]], [[underground music]], and experimental music
-*[[Music]]: bias towards [[black music]] and [[underground music]], see category [[:Category:WMC|World Music Classics]]+*Film: bias towards [[cult film]]s, a kind disregard for all [[film awards]]
-*Film: bias towards [[cult film]]s, a kind disregard for [[Academy Awards]]+*Fiction: bias towards [[cult fiction]] and [[transgressive fiction]], disregard for [[literary awards]]
-*Fiction: bias towards [[cult fiction]] and [[transgressional fiction]], [[disregard]] for [[Nobel prize]]s, a bias towards [[film adaptation]]s+*Art: bias toward [[transgressive art]], [[erotic art]], the [[fantastique]] and [[grotesque]]
-*Art: bias towards the [[transgressive]], [[erotica|erotic]], [[fantastique]] and [[grotesque]]; *Genre: [[Fantastique]] preferred over [[fantasy]].+*Genre: [[fantastique]] preferred over fantasy.
- +*The individual [[days of the year]] and the [[list of years]] are also biased in the sense that priority is given to items central to this wiki
== See also== == See also==
*[[Wikipedia fork]] *[[Wikipedia fork]]
*[[Template:Blogs|Bibliography]] *[[Template:Blogs|Bibliography]]
-*[[Articles unique to this wiki]].+*[[Articles unique to this wiki]]
*[[Publication bias list of the Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia]] *[[Publication bias list of the Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia]]
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The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia (2007-2024) is a nobrow Wikipedia fork by Jahsonic, built along these themes and sensibilities and keywords as well as these artists and theorists.

It evolved from Jahsonic.com (1996-2007), a site that "explored the boundaries, bridges and intersections of culture", as Sholem Stein put it.

Methodology

"Method of this work: literary montage. I have nothing to say only to show." -- Passagenwerk (1927 - 1940) by Walter Benjamin
This website is a "rhizome" and allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points. --J. W. Geerinck

Biases

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