Re: <documenta X><blast> fields

Alan Julu Sondheim (sondheim@panix.com)
Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:05:56 -0400 (EDT)

This is very similar to Lefebvre's analysis, by the way - and Soha. There
are, I think, resonances in theoretical work over the past thirty years or
so, coming from widely disparate areas. You could call this theoretical
space if you want - one might put Kittler there as well - his material on
discourse networks.

In any case, yes, there are interpenetrations of subjectivities, spaces,
subjects and (part)objects, fluxes, technologies, etc. - even the contest-
ation over the word "cyberspace" reflects this. My own work deals with
subjectivity in these areas. I tend to use "cyberspace" fairly carefully
at this point - dividing the Net into push, corporate, and darknet areas -
and all of these are relatively fuzzy, fluxed themselves. And Peirce's
categories are somewhat useful (sybmolic, ikonic, indexical) here, but I
don't want to emphasize triads -

Alan

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