Re: [-empyre-] residing in cyberspace

[su b <suballard@optusnet.com.au>]

maybe thinking about sites of residence also leads us to discussions of 
networks. I have a feeling that the networks that operate within nz are 
very strong and perhaps unique - helen (who was once my landlady!)'s 
aunt's sister might be able to get me a gig somewhere... but also our 
formalised networks, like the beginning points of ADA (stella do you 
want to talk about this here?), are not geographical, but are based on 
the local. Nz has strong social and real spaces, but I do not think 
networks operate in here, rather the networks I am thinking about are 
movements, between things, (us/people), rather than being things 
(subjects) in themselves. I think I owe something to Bruno Latour here. 
But what networks do, and perhaps this helps with the idea of place or 
residence, is that they stabilise relationships for just a short period 
of time, they generate meaningful systems of exchange, and i think both 
kiwis and cyberspace are good at this.