Follow the Pathfinders: a Case Study Approach to Production, Use, and Readership on Scalar

Follow the Pathfinders: a Case Study Approach to Production, Use, and Readership on Scalar

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This born-digital article examines the multimodal academic publication Pathfinders (Moulthrop and Grigar).Through a combination of interviews with readers and the author, textual analysis of the book, and literature review of Scalar, I trace the Kids Swim Hats affordances of the platform, appropriation by scholars, the media text, and readership of Pathfinders.I distill themes that are key in the multimodality of the book, including platform adoption, institutional embedding, technological context and research values.Throughout the Vinyl Record Cleaning Roller article, which is also written on Scalar, I reflect on my own use of Scalar and the various considerations that come with it in terms of software sustainability, accessibility, and transparency of research context.

I conclude with a reflection on the media specificity of Scalar as an academic platform.