From Pompeii to Cyberspace - Transcending barriers with Twitter. by H Niyazi ยท May 24, 2011
"An interesting set of events has played out over the last few days, which I would like to document here. I believe it is a fascinating case study of the power of social networking platforms to connect individuals in real time, and allow efficient collaboration and information exchange. However, there is an important social dynamic which the academics involved have either failed to mention or perhaps do not think important. As a member of the public, and not an academic, I found this to be the most demonstrative facet of the entire experience. What happened? In plain terms, a group of historians specialising in Ancient Greek/Roman studies, collectively explored the translation of a graffiti inscription at Pompeii. It happened quite spontaneously, and seemed to accumulate participants and observers as it went along. That I happened to get caught up in it, as a humble art history blogger, is the curious part." http://www.3pipe.net/2011/05/from-pompeii-to-cyberspace-transcending.html _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
