Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 19:44:56 -0400 From: shawn wilbur <swilbur-AT-wcnet.org> Subject: Re: What is the LOCAL?0 Eric, You might find something of interest in an old essay of mine, "An Archeology of Cyberspaces," published by Routledge in David Porter's collection _Internet Culture_ and then again, in edited form, in their _Cybercultures Reader_. Written before my encounters with Nancy, Blanchot, Agamben, and Co., and responding in part to the "family values"/"return to traditional community"/"post-post modern" culture wars rhetoric that had a strong appeal even in "left academic" circles, it's something i still return to from time to time when i need to remind myself of the real confusions and conflicts in out "common sense" about "community." It's an open-ended piece - particularly in unedited form - better as a tool to think against/with than a source of answers. But folks still occasionally write to tell me they find it useful. It seems to have some bearing on the current discussions. I'll try to find the etext of this and post it on my website. Alas, the liquidation of my bookstore and the bar-soundtech job that keeps the wolves further from the door take a lot of my time so that, and several other promised responses, may take a little while. -shawn
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