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knowledge for nomads
In response to my thoughts on locational fiction, Judith points me to Andrea Moed's Annotate Space project, "a project to develop experiential forms of journalism and nonfiction storytelling for use at specific locations."
Andrea writes: "As a writer on architecture, urban design, and other site-specific subjects, I'd like to use Internet-connected, handheld computers to deliver thought-provoking experiences that enlighten people about the places they visit." The prototype "blends historical information with current events, incorporates both passive and participatory exploration, and lets users write and post their immediate, on-site responses to the places and people they encounter." All of this grew out of her thesis project (available as a large PDF) for the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
What all these lines of thought remind me of are the way that hobos, during the Great Depression, used a systems of signs to create a useful layer of information for the next batch of nomadic "users" coming to that space.
In a similar vein, we have New York collective Nomads and Residents. The "residents," people who live in New York and thus possess a certain body of "insider knowledge," attempt to set up events with the "nomads," people who are just passing through. Labels: narrative_technology |
Monday, January 28, 2002
11:17 AM
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