Gordon Ross / VP OpenRoadBC Library Conference

May 22, 2015

GOODBYE CYBERSPACEHELLO CODE/SPACE

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coded objectnon networked objects that use code to function or permanently store digital data that cannot be accessed without software

coded infrastructuresboth the networks that link code objects and infrastructure that is monitored and regulated either fully or in part by code

coded processesthe transaction and flow of digital data across coded infrastructure

coded assemblageswhen several different coded infrastructures converge; working together either in nested systems or in parallel, some using coded processes, others not, and over time become integral to one another in producing particular environments such as office complexes, transport systems and shopping centres. 

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coded infrastructurecoded infrastructure

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coded assemblage

code is something very difficult to avoid

technicitythe power that technology has to make things happen in conjunction with people 

affordancethat which makes possible a behaviour but does not necessarily determine it

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transductionan event when a domain comes into being

CODE/SPACE

CODED SPACE

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CODE/SPACE

CODED SPACE

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CODE/SPACE? CODED SPACE?

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