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title = "Networked space and time"
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glassblowers = ["alessandroludovico.md"]
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Being embedded in of all kinds of networks, from the bureaucratic validation of out identities, civil rights and dislocation, to the private set of virtual entities which we seek/accept on social media.
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Still the essential networks we are in, are the relational one, those which create a small footprint in our existence, supporting it in some respects [1].
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To have this role, they express a relevance which is validated by the space and the time they enable outside the communication platforms.
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The network itself is a space and time extension and reconfiguration. The space is redefined, as it is a perceived endless global extension, reached after three decades of growth in infrastructure. In this dimension the relational space needs to be protected from the rest of induced engagement.
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The time is conditioned by that space perception, by the relational activities, and by the engagement in different modalities.
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We are then shaped by both, space and time perception, but the relational elements can let us define them in turn, rather than being defined by it.
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[1]: Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199256044.
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