Cut/Copy/Paste Open Book Fellowship

FAIN: DR-272616-20

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN 55455-2009)
Douglas M. Armato (Project Director: March 2020 to October 2022)

The purpose of this project is to seek support for open-access digital publication of Whitney Trettien's book "Cut/Copy/Paste: Echoes of Little Gidding" on the Manifold Scholarship digital publishing platform.

Associated Products

OA Books Workout - Episode 5 (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: OA Books Workout - Episode 5
Writer: Whitney Trettien
Director: Jeroen Sondervan
Producer: Jeroen Sondervan
Abstract: Discussion with author Whitney Trettien on the background and sources of her "Cut/Copy/Paste" project and the process of adding these sources to the digital edition of the book.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkrtqyzTzDQ
Primary URL Description: Link to the full discussion on Youtube.
Access Model: Open access
Format: Web

Single Publication (Open Access eBook or Collection)
Publication Type: Single Publication
Title: Cut/Copy/Paste: Fragments from the History of Bookwork
Year: 2022
ISBN: 9781517904098
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Author: Whitney Trettien
Editor: Douglas Armato
Abstract: In Cut/Copy/Paste, Whitney Trettien journeys to the fringes of the London print trade to uncover makerspaces and collaboratories where paper media were cut up and reassembled into radical, bespoke publications. Bringing these long-forgotten objects back to life through hand-curated digital resources, Trettien shows how early experimental book hacks speak to the contemporary conditions of digital scholarship and publishing. As a mixed-media artifact itself, Cut/Copy/Paste enacts for readers what Trettien argues: that digital forms have the potential to decenter patriarchal histories of print. From the religious household of Little Gidding—whose biblical concordances and manuscripts exemplify protofeminist media innovation—to the queer poetic assemblages of Edward Benlowes and the fragment albums of former shoemaker John Bagford, Cut/Copy/Paste demonstrates history’s relevance to our understanding of current media. Tracing the lives and afterlives of amateur “bookwork,” Trettien creates a method for identifying and comprehending hybrid objects that resist familiar bibliographic and literary categories. In the process, she bears witness to the deep history of radical publishing with fragments and found materials. With many of Cut/Copy/Paste’s digital resources left thrillingly open for additions and revisions, this book reimagines our ideas of publication while fostering a spirit of generosity and inclusivity. An open invitation to cut, copy, and paste different histories, it is an inspiration for students of publishing or the digital humanities, as well as anyone interested in the past, present, and future of creativity.
Primary URL: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/cut-copy-paste
Primary URL Description: University of Minnesota Press
Secondary URL: http://https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/cut-copy-paste
Secondary URL Description: Manifold
Type: Single author monograph

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