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| ====== The internet as a space for psychogeographical projects ====== | ====== The internet as a space for psychogeographical projects ====== | ||
| - | We can’t get more awkward than this statement, but the idea is to take SI to new turf. Browsing is dérive. Always has been. And crossing spaces has taken on a psychological turn as early as AOL. | + | {{ :si_debord.jpeg?400 |}} |
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| + | The statement is awkward but the idea is to take SI to new turf. Browsing is dérive. Always has been. And crossing spaces has taken on a psychological turn as early as AOL. | ||
| - | The idea of mapping the net has been around from the beginning. But it hasn’t been done. Perhaps because on the internet, the map is the territory. Doesn’t matter because this is psychogeography, | + | The idea of mapping the net has been around from the beginning. But it hasn’t been done. Perhaps because on the internet, the map is the territory. Doesn’t matter because this is psychogeography, |
| - | Who? Addicts. Specialists. Browsers skilled at dérive. Coasting. Crossing over edges. Ignoring paths. Both of which are difficult in a space defined by edges and nodes. | + | The net wasn’t planned. Yet there are planned spaces - walled gardens, facebooks, blogs, googles, institutions, |
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| + | And then there’s the boredom. Nothing new from the people moving on the net. And the power plays. Institutions attempting to regularize their own spaces and those who pass through. Mediums, twitters. For the sake of quality. For the sake of excitement. Attempts to commodify the streets we travel. Browsing becomes addiction, because a good consumer is goal-oriented. The goal being attention. Pages that pose as apps. Apps as pages. Catalogues and collections: | ||
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| + | The drive towards normalization becomes visible with pushback. | ||
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| + | Who? Addicts. Specialists. Browsers skilled at dérive. Coasting. Crossing over edges. Ignoring paths. Both of which are difficult in a space defined by edges and nodes. Takes some planning. | ||
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| + | And see notes on Rogers, Digital Methods, for psychogeograpy of the web. | ||
| === Challenges === | === Challenges === | ||
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| + | Look also to Perec, articles on space and inscription. Perec’s psychogeography. Observing is a way of inscribing. | ||
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