Re: [-empyre-] residing in cyberspace

[Helen Varley Jamieson <helen@creative-catalyst.com>]

kiwis are good at networking; last year i attended a women's theatre 
festival in brisbane & for many of the australian women there, it was 
the first time they were meeting each other. they expressed 
frustration about the huge distances that divide up the different 
areas of australia & how difficult it is for them to establish & 
maintain networks. i don't think it's been so difficult for 
australians in cyberspace to network, & here in nz when the ada list 
was first launched, there was a pretty good response straight away.

when you live in cyberspace, your networks are your neighbourhood.

h : )

ps - su was an excellent tenant!

> 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.
>
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