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For this week (more like what was meant to be a thousand
weeks ago) I shall explore how Writerscafe.org works with maps!
in the wise words of Dora the Explorer: “Map, map, map map. Map, map, map map, Hooray!”
in the wise words of Dora the Explorer: “Map, map, map map. Map, map, map map, Hooray!”
Wrtierscafe.org brings together “two people feet apart, two
people, a world apart” (Seeing through Maps: many ways to see the world, Denis
Wood, Ward l. Kaiser & Bob Abramms, pg. 1 and 2)
Writerscafe brings many people from around the world together, with the common interest of writing.
Maps can be presented in many different ways, it can be virtual, physical, even in your mind!
Writerscafe brings many people from around the world together, with the common interest of writing.
Maps can be presented in many different ways, it can be virtual, physical, even in your mind!
Mapping in itself is very broad, as shown in the lectures: “Maps
are both mirrors and shapers of the world, they reflect how we see the world,
they inform and shape how we act and conceptualise the world” (Kuttainen, BA1002 Lecture week 4, slide 11, 2015)
they inform and shape how we act and conceptualise the world” (Kuttainen, BA1002 Lecture week 4, slide 11, 2015)
To follow up on this there are creators and there are
followers, quite like Writerscafe.org if you really want to go deep here.
At writerscafe.org, there are the creators/makers who of course write the stories and the poems and then there are the followers who are better known as the readers.
And a lot of the time, especially at writerscafe.org, there are creators who are also followers and followers who are also creators. For example,
when I first started at writerscafe.org 3 years ago, I was a reader – I then became both a creator and a follower, where as some are
“Detached observers strolling through the streets at a leisurely pace” (Prouty, 2009)
At writerscafe.org, there are the creators/makers who of course write the stories and the poems and then there are the followers who are better known as the readers.
And a lot of the time, especially at writerscafe.org, there are creators who are also followers and followers who are also creators. For example,
when I first started at writerscafe.org 3 years ago, I was a reader – I then became both a creator and a follower, where as some are
“Detached observers strolling through the streets at a leisurely pace” (Prouty, 2009)
References:
Abramms. K&B, Wood. D (Page 1 and 2) “Seeing through
Maps: Many ways to see the world”, retrieved from: https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_69740_1&content_id=_1892285_1
Kuttainen, V. (2015) BA1002: Our Space: Networks, Narratives
and the Making of Place, Lecture 4, Maps.
Prouty. R (2009) “Turtle
on a Leash” Retrieved from: http://www.onewaystreet.typepad.com/one_way_street/2009/10/a-turtle-on-a-leash.html
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