Based on John Locke’s new Method of Making Common-Place-Books, first published in 1685, this page is dedicated to organise any extract of knowledge that I deem worthy for my research. It could be definitions, quotes, facts, etc.
Users typically create an index or table of contents to easily find and reference information later. Content is often organised by themes or topics, creating a personalised anthology.
In the « Advice about the use of this commonplace book », developed by Commonplace Studio with Jesse Howard & Tim Knapen, they explain that « every Commonplace Book should include an expandable index with every letter of the alphabet subdivided by every vowel (a, e, i, o, u). When you come across any thing worthy to inscribe in your book, you must number your page and think of an appropriate header to write clearly above your passage. Suppose the topic is Time. In your index, under the first letter (T), and the first vowel (i), mark the page numbers where your Time topics are to be found. »
This Commonplace Page is used as an echo to the physical book that I own. It has, on one hand, the purpose of disseminating my research, and on the other hand, to add moving media that cannot be incorporated to the physical object, such as videos, movies, links to articles or websites, and so on.
Ines Kooli's Research Blog 