If the document was notes of a class taken by a student or a partial transcript of a class for which we no longer had audio files and it included diagrams, we either scanned the diagrams found in the notes or recreated the diagrams digitally and embedded them in the electronic document.
If the document was a class transcript and there were student notes or a partial transcript for that class that included diagrams, then we either scanned the diagram to create a digital image or created a digital reproduction.
If Damiani was talking about a diagram in a book, then we scanned the image and appended it to the transcript.
If the document was a class transcript for which there were no student notes or partial transcripts with diagrams, then the situation required some judgment on our part. We examined student notes and partial transcripts for classes on the same topic at about the same time to see if there were any diagrams that fit the way something was being described and referred to in the class transcript. We also used our background knowledge about the kinds of charts and diagrams Damiani had been using in other previous classes to locate an appropriate diagram. We looked at diagrams in Astronoesis, photos of poster boards used in classes (for example, a poster board of the metaphysical chart), and photos of diagrams from Damiani’s sketchbooks when deciding which diagram to use.
In these cases, we might not have found exactly the same diagram that was being referred to in a class, but we believe that the diagram we selected is close enough to help you follow what is being said about the diagram in the class. Without these diagrams, many sections of the transcripts would be almost impossible to follow.
