Comments on: Noise vs. cultural memory http://kovenjsmith.com/archives/219 "Making dreams reality since 1975." Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Maccabee http://kovenjsmith.com/archives/219/comment-page-1#comment-8186 John Maccabee Thu, 07 May 2009 23:24:50 +0000 http://kovenjsmith.com/?p=219#comment-8186 Memes develop out of noise. Narratives can be constructed to explain the refuse of tweets, blogs, vlogs. Noise is the province of art, isn't it? Memes develop out of noise. Narratives can be constructed to explain the refuse of tweets, blogs, vlogs. Noise is the province of art, isn’t it?

]]> By: Seb Chan http://kovenjsmith.com/archives/219/comment-page-1#comment-8002 Seb Chan Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:05:57 +0000 http://kovenjsmith.com/?p=219#comment-8002 I'm not sure that museums need to be the people capturing the noise - internet archivists might do better than us. I know the 'noise' has value but just not to us right now. And we don't always have to be the ones chasing the value. (I'll get a full blog post together on the subject shortly) Seb I’m not sure that museums need to be the people capturing the noise – internet archivists might do better than us.

I know the ‘noise’ has value but just not to us right now. And we don’t always have to be the ones chasing the value.

(I’ll get a full blog post together on the subject shortly)

Seb

]]> By: David Bearman http://kovenjsmith.com/archives/219/comment-page-1#comment-8001 David Bearman Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:28:37 +0000 http://kovenjsmith.com/?p=219#comment-8001 I don't disagree, Koven, but think that both are useful. Note that my blog post was specifically about references that were useful, which is why it listed url's. The texture of the twitter traffic itself is valuable, as you say, for quite a different reason, and doubtless in 100 years will be more interesting as social historical evidence than the references. As someone who comes initially from an archival background, my only difference with you might be to warn against 'curating' public feedback - it simply passes along to history a distortion introduced by the editor; better that the full record be there if we want to understand the dynamic of the moment. Or a list of references if we want to pursue leads:-) I don’t disagree, Koven, but think that both are useful. Note that my blog post was specifically about references that were useful, which is why it listed url’s. The texture of the twitter traffic itself is valuable, as you say, for quite a different reason, and doubtless in 100 years will be more interesting as social historical evidence than the references. As someone who comes initially from an archival background, my only difference with you might be to warn against ‘curating’ public feedback – it simply passes along to history a distortion introduced by the editor; better that the full record be there if we want to understand the dynamic of the moment. Or a list of references if we want to pursue leads:-)

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