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cyborg_not_a_goddess
cyborg_not_a_goddess
I am the "author function" writing
Mar 17 2008, 11:03 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 17 2008, 11:03 PM EDT
If we are to consider this site under the tag "media ecology," what might the map of the ecology look like? Would the various links be considered places on the map (points of entry) and the threads within them as spaces that shape the particular place? Or do the various "authors"--the wiki identities on the site that make up various "ideological figures"--comprise the wiki map? Are the creators the mapmakers or the protectors of this particular ecology? Are they the activists?

I am trying to imagine this map as similar to the unconventional mapping imagined by Bruce Sterling, in a world where space is no longer flat, but multi-dimensional. In a world like the wiki, where the map is navigated not by looking at a stable two-dimensional scene, but is constantly in motion, can we call it a mapping at all?

I would love to hear anyone's ideas on this (especially the creators). Please add to the "map." Do you find this valuable?    
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