If you followed along this far, maybe youre already excited to start your own zettelkasten. Plain text notes with the archive and zettelkasten. Here you find a list of tested tools to implement your own zettelkasten knowledge management system. Luhmann used physical cards to build his zettelkasten, and back in the 1960s that was the best option. The push back against that has been encouraging for both the purpose of privacy, and in the.
On a computer, this is essentially the wikistyle magic link which links. To start your own zettelkasten, you can use a physical one just like luhmann did or use a digital implementation. How to build a digital zettelkasten superorganizers. A zettelkasten is like an interestpaying savings account for your mind. Has anyone implamented niklas luhmanns notetaking system.
A bit off the beaten path, but thought id give it a shot, as there are lots of thinkers here anyone using the zettelkasten system created by luhmann. Its a little small since ive started fresh after transitioning from another plaintext software. But i have never explicitly made clear how the approach i take in connectedtext is related to that of luhmann s. You dont need to buy some expensive software or, god forbid, a big clunky set of wooden drawers like luhmann s original zettelkasten. A software solution has the advantages that it saves space. Each box contains a set of cards that are related to each other. Niklas luhmann was renowned for his zettelkasten and called it his.
Digital implementation of luhmann s zettelkasten method spam alert. An example of a zettel about gleichheit equality taken from luhmann s zettelkasten. The concept of zettelkasten has been compartmentalised to only being associated with the very specific way of using a zettelkasten that works as the one niklas luhmann had. Zettelkasten is a way to capture and retain knowledge that simulates how. Academic software on sale at eastgate winterfest 2018. Word counter mac to track your productivity by christian. Niklas luhmann developed the system to take notes on his reading. I have also written many times on connectedtext and how i use it as a zettelkasten just click on connectedtext or zettelkasten in the word cloud.
Zettelkasten to record notes, which he linked contextually using unique note ids. A zettelkasten as an idea dates to the work of the 20th century german sociologist niklas luhmann, who used a large system of carefully labeled notecards an index card is a zettel as a form of hypertext. In order to properly explain what a zettelkasten is, i need to tell you about niklas luhmann. The zettelkasten method of note taking is not just any method for taking and managing notes, but one that reflects the power of modern science. Interaction between my zettelkasten and citation software duration. Emvi blog luhmanns zettelkasten a productivity tool. Emvi blog luhmanns zettelkasten a productivity tool that. A software solution has the advantages that it saves space, is portable and you can collaborate with people. Niklas luhmann, a social scientist who researched and wrote over 70 books, used halfsheets of paper because they were large enough to be useful and compact enough to store easily. I would like to show you how you can create a zettelkasten using emvi. You dont need any fancy hardware or software to build a zettelkasten. Searching through a box of physical cards is tedious. I have written many times about luhmann s zettelkasten see luhmann on taking note.
Devonthink as a zettelkasten note archive luhmanns zettelkasten with devonthink daniel wessel. Introduction to luhmanns zettelkasten thinking and its. Plain text notes with the archive and zettelkasten the appademic. Luhmanns zettelkasten a productivity tool that works. Workflow of luhmann s principle in the electronic zettelkasten think about the topic or subject, where a new note fits into find a starting point in the zettelkasten related to this topic and start reading exploring your existing notes sequences decide whether the note is the start of a new topic sequence. Visualization of luhmann s zettelkasten, using the thought condensr think tool. A knowledge management system, or in our case, a zettelkasten, has to be tailored to each specific user. Zettelkasten how one german scholar was so freakishly. A structured note taking system descended from sociologist and functionalist, niklas luhmann.
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