brian carroll on Sun, 6 Jun 1999 21:59:20 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> information archaeology |
looking for architectural research for www.architexturez.com i've come across this artifact from nettime's past.. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: the nettime city metaphor list... http://www.vuk.org/dx/deutsch/cities/metaphor/metaphor.htm the smooth and carved spaces the city metaphor "There are no metaphors" (Gilles Deleuze +) enter discussion ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: it brought to surface an idea i've been thinking about for some time now.. it may be (my only) methodology.. something about the contextual nature of information, how it has a start date, a place, relationships.. a space-time, an aesthetic, a culture.. information architecture, to me, is a constraint, whereas the idea of information archaeology is about interpretation, about not knowing everything in advance, about not building, but unearthing, uncovering, revealing, excavating.. for example, i am working on a website and creating links, which will rapidly obsolesce.. things change.. some of the information becomes data compost.. a trace.. one can press a link and have a broken 'file not found', then, they can try to backtrack the url, taking bits of information off the path to see if any information survives.. if nothing materializes, they can search the Internet with an engine.. finding or losing the data.. signifier without a signified.. what happens in the coming hyperlinked economy when the information transmutes, transfers, disappears.. it makes me think of a 100 year old network of information.. and what might be called the practice of info-archaeologists... that of reestablishing connections, relationships between information, assembling meaning from fragmentary bits and pieces... such as a story.. such as the nettime citymetaphor list.. what was it, i wonder.. will i ever know.. will someone 100 years from now come across this information and know any more than i know about it today..? keyword: information archaeology, hyperlinked economy `architecture and revolution' bc ___________________________________________________________ a r c h i t e x t u r e z : an online community for hacking and cracking the architectural code - www.architexturez.com g l o s s a l a l i a : the design-l architectural glossary submit your word-concepts www.architexturez.com/glossalalia s i t e : visit bc's portfolio - www.architexturez.com/site /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@desk.nl and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@desk.nl