circulation

-- audition -- consumption -- conversation -- currency -- distribution -- ecology -- life -- listening communities -- macroscale -- memetics -- transit

cycles

-- domesticity -- everyday -- habit -- habitats -- habituation -- habitus -- labour -- mesostructure -- programming -- sequencing

feedback

-- consciousness -- critical response -- dialog -- interpretation -- knowledge -- learning -- meaning -- mediation -- noise

In the project pages I have chosen to abstract the project components from physical descriptions of actual components and further apply the taxonomy parents.  The purpose of doing this is multiple.  Firstly, I have stated from the outset that taxonomy is to be applied to both the theoretical and practical components of the projects, and thus as test of its utility it seems fair that it should functionally be able to differentiate the differing elements of a project.  Also, I believe that this project is an attempt to apply repetition in the process of creating situated meaning.  In other words, by repeatedly applying the taxonomy to a maximum number of situations and contexts, an iterative and globally emergent meaning can occur that to me seems more robust and proven.  That is, the purpose of abstraction within the practical description is to make the abstract terminology and theory take on a greater practical significance, to gain concretion and hence weight.

The current taxonomy can be viewed as a pretty, relative weighted index here. Otherwise, you can follow the ongoing explanation of taxonomy terms by clicking here.  

I've realised that whilst it's all very well and good to talk about taxonomy this and taxonomy that, just providing you with an index and no explanation is a tad unfair. So, also starting today, I'll be introducing individual taxonomy terms with a brief explanation of their relevance and significance.