Yarn, glorious yarn!
I have been a member of Yarn Corner for approximately two years. I joined this community under my real name as I have a love of crafts and Yarn Bombing. The group has gone from 3 members to over 500 in less than 3 years; we yarn bomb in public places, sometimes for advertising, but mostly for the love of the public.The group is run by 4 administrators who run a very open environment. They share their knitting and crochet knowledge with everyone to make a stronger group. The power is not always recessive and can be open. (Petray, 2013)
The group is very easy to navigate around, with all documents, files, pictures and information in the one place. There is an open members list, which anyone can view and edit. When one enters the realm of cyberspace, it is without the body and therefore out of the grasp of the rules of physicality. (Barnes, 1997) The administrators have made it very easy for us to have free movement within the space.
There is a lot of freedom when traveling about this virtual space. It can be likened to the Flaneur, someone who is adrift in the city, a detached observer strolling through the streets at a leisurely pace. (Prouty, 2009)
Being a member of yarn corner is a very empowering experience for me in virtual space as it gives me access to the following:
- Those with similar interests
- Endless yarn shops online and their links
- Patterns, patterns and more patterns
- A really fun place to chat with others
Yarn Corner is a great place to go and an even more
fantastic group to be part of. I have also recently joined the JCU yarn group, Chicks
with Sticks.
Bibliography
Barnes, G. (1997). Passage
of the Cyber - Flaneur. Retrieved from Raynbird:
http://www.raynbird.com/essays/Passage_Flaneur.html
Petray, D. T.
(2013, August 12). Big Brother and Self-Sureveillance. Townsville, Queensland,
Australia: James Cook University.
Prouty, R. (2009,
October 28). A Turtle on a Leash. Retrieved from One-Way Street: http://onewaystreet.typepad.com/one_way_street/2009/10/a-turtle-on-a-leash.html
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retrieved from: http://redbarnyarn.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/sock-yarn-pics-023.jpg
Hi Katiecoos,
ReplyDeleteI like how you have found the reality within your cyber network, Barnes (1997), describes ‘cyberspace, in the form of the Internet, [as] a prison in that it is a captivity without boundaries’. As individuals, I believe, we would get a lot more out of life by in cooperating both aspects (reality and cyber reality) more evenly, an example you have clearly shown. The networks you build within your virtual space are equally important and valuable within your social group; the activities too, are undertaken with and without the internet. Also while you flaneur your shops and patterns you are equally building on your real senses in identifying new places and people, benefiting your progress in a variety of ways for your yarning activities.
Reference
Barnes, G. (1997). Passage of the cyber-flaneur. Retrieved from http://www.raynbird.com/essays/Passage_Flaneur.html
Storme Black