Naming locations
physical signage is the first step in externalizing the naming process. as social structures become more and more global (de-localized), naming structures have evolved that are more and more universal. (exactly the same process as any kind of socially-driven standardization in engineering, language, and such). GPS, as a numeric cataloging of discrete points on a socially abstracted mathematical surface is a specific form of representation. why do we struggle to associate events with those places? are we continuing the inexorable alienation process that separates us from non-standardize be-ing? is there a praxis which can bring these two systems together without the seeming inevitable separation that the deference to standardization promulgates?
neoscenes travelog: story-placing
See also: Geo anatomy & The screen of “real time” & The electromagnetic “hey you!”
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