Hello,
I just wanted to promote a project proposal that I'd really welcome any feedback on -
PlaceBook Wiki - Meta
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| PlaceBook Wiki - MetaCreation of a platform that would allow people to create wiki-type
entries to record both historical, public narrative and personal memory and, by fixing
these with GPS co-ordinates, content could be shared through the physical landscape in
which it occurred. |
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The essential idea behind my proposal is that we could open up novel and productive ways
of accessing knowledge about our physical environment by allowing the wiki posts to be
indexed by GPS co-ordinates, so that we build up a catalogue of information about specific
places. This information could be about matters of general historical importance, but also
it could be much more broad than that and provide a way for individuals to record their
own personally significant events that occurred at a specific location, which would
provide more of a folk history of a place too.
Through seeing what has occurred and who has lived in that location we potentially create
a new way for people to engage with their environment and hopefully provide new narratives
for their sense of personal and community identity.
Anyhow, it seems very likely to me that systems similar to the one I've proposed will
be created in the near future, so I am hoping that an organisation like the Wiki
Foundation could be involved in the beginning, so that there is a chance that a community
based, not-for-profit ethos could get a strong foothold and prevent what could be a very
valuable resource being controlled solely by commercial imperatives.
Any feedback on this would be great, as I would like to hear your views, both critical and
supportive.
Joe