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Shaping the Landscapes of Cyberspace: West Coast Metaphors

Explore the influence of nature metaphors in shaping cyberspace landscapes. Delve into the connection between physical environments and digital realms. Prof. Sue Thomas delves into this intriguing topic at the Society for the History of Technology event in Tacoma, 2010.

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Shaping the Landscapes of Cyberspace: West Coast Metaphors

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  1. Shaping the Landscapes of Cyberspace: West Coast Metaphors

  2. Society for the History of Technology Tacoma, 2010 Prof Sue Thomas, De Montfort University

  3. http://flickr.com/photos/serdar/121803051/ “The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another” (Lakoff & Johnson 1980)

  4. Gary Snyder in the Dolomites The outdoors : the physical world, including all living things. The material world or its collective objects and phenomena’, including the products of human action and intention.

  5. Richard Mabey “Our whole culture is infused with myths and symbols of landscape and nature.” (Mabey, R. 2006, Nature Cure p19)

  6. www.thewildsurmise.com sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk

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