Balisage Paper: The Zettelkasten: Topic Maps, Back to the Future

Balisage: The Markup Conference 2026
August 3 - 7, 2026

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Slides and Materials

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Buzan, T and Buzan, B., The Mind Map Book, ISBN 978-0-452-27322-1

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Garshol, L. M. et al., eds., Topic Maps — Data Model, https://www.isotopicmaps.org/sam/sam-model/

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Luhmann, N., Communicating with Slip Boxes, https://luhmann.surge.sh/communicating-with-slip-boxes, retrieved 2026-05-10

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Luhmann, N., Luhmann: Zettels On Zettelkasten 2022, Tr. Fast, S., https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luhmanns-zettel-translated/, retrieved 2026-05-16

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McDermott, K. B., and Roediger H; L., Memory (Encoding, Storage, Retrieval), http://noba.to/bdc4uger, retrieved 2026-05-05

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Miller, G., The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two, https://labs.la.utexas.edu/gilden/files/2016/04/MagicNumberSeven-Miller1956.pdf, retrieved 2026-04-21