[Air-l] Re: first post (An Internet Without Space)

[Alex Kuskis]

"Everything that can be counted doesn't necessarily count;

everything that counts can't necessarily be counted."- Albert Einstein

..........Alex Kuskis



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Bevan" <ppb98 at aber.ac.uk>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 4:40 AM
Subject: RE: [Air-l] Re: first post (An Internet Without Space)


> <snip>
> But there does appear to be rebellion afoot if my own class is any
> indication. We want numbers to research, we want to look at data - not
read
> about someones fantasy/ guess in 1990. And I suspect that in order to be
> relevant, and I do believe in the need to be relevant in scholastic
> endeavour (even though others dont agree), this field of study will turn
> more towards real number crunching, rather than worrying about
"cyberspace"
> and "cyber communities".
> <snip>
>
> Eero,
>
> I wouldn't want to get into the ontological differences between
> quantitative/qualitative approaches but I think it's worth bearing in mind
> that there have been some extremely 'numbers' based Internet research
> projects - both inside and outside of Computer Science. One of the most
> obvious areas is, in fact, the visualisations of the spatiality of
> cyberspace (see Martin Dodge's excellent http\\www.cybergeography.org
site).
>
>
> I wouldn't want to suggest that these are more than performative
> 'imaginings' of cyberspace(s) but you can't deny - they're based on
numbers.
>
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
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