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metaphors of collectivism?

Gregory G. Sholette

Sep 28, 2003 08:39 PDT

not coming from a technological angle but one of organizing activists
and artists I would be interested in hearing a bit more about the
type of metaphors people are using when they talk about collaboration
or collective work. for example the implications of terms such as
networking Vs cooperatives. my question is to what degree does the
former imply identical, fixed digital circuits differentiated only in
a temporal way by on/off, whereas the term cooperative suggests a
temporary grouping of qualitative, singular entities interacting
around certain mutually agreed upon needs. - gs


At 10:53 AM -0400 9/28/03, so-*at*nyu.edu wrote:
 my understanding of networking is that it can not be hierarchical in that
each node within such a system has a relative function and autonomy in
relation to the whole and therefore are or can be omni - directional -- it
is this reason that networks rather than systems require both collaboration
and coordination -- though crippled a network can continue without its
varied components were a system breaks down

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