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Topic 390 CYBERMIND LIST
web:msurman cyberculture zone 3:22 PM Jul 24, 1994
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 20:54:43 -0400 (EDT)
SENDER: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
Subject: LIST DEVOTED TO PHILOSOPHY/PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERNET
Announcing a new list: CYBERMIND:
AN ELECTRONIC FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SUBJECTIVITY IN CYBERSPACE
We are all dwelling in cyberspace, coursing through the wires, becoming
cyborg and becoming human. We are subjects of a realm which is totally
charted, and completely unknown. CYBER-MIND is devoted to an examination
of the new subjectivities that have emerged and might yet emerge in this
arena. We are interested in particular in the philosophical,
psychological/psychoanalytic and social issues engendered, particularly
as they concern the user and the social.
Some issues that might be relevant: the psychology of intimacy, the role
of gender, the phenomenology of the terminal screen, neurosis and
paranoia on the Net, the relationship of lag to community and communi-
cation, sex/gender/sexual orientation theory and electronic subjectivity,
the role of the symbolic or imaginary in computer communication, the
implications of symbolic extensions of the human ("external memory", and
so forth), fantasy and the hallucinatory aspects of email/USENET
groups/MUDs, and the psychoanalysis of lurking.
This is an "open list" - posts on all aspects of the above issues
and more will be welcomed. It is open to general discussion, group
readings of published works, and the sharing and critique of
participants' works -in-progress. We want to stress, however, that our
intent is to explore these issues in the broadest sense. Discussions
focused on IRC, MUD's/MOO's, Virtual Reality, etc. are already readily
available on the Internet. While it is perfectly acceptable to discuss
these issues when relevant, we do wish to discourage threads that are too
narrowly limited to any particular medium or "sub-realm" of cyberspace.
Similarly, while critical examination of cyberpunk literature can yield
important insights, and we welcome discussion of work in that genre,
"fan"-type discussions of cyberpunk, of the type available on
alt.cyberpunk, etc., are not appropriate on this list.
One concern we hope to address is the way in which much theoretical
work on cyberspace to date reflects an exclusive, hegemonic bias,
thus foreclosing some of the most interesting and radical of possibilities
for the development of Net culture. We want to challenge ourselves and
the list members to integrate issues of race, sex, class and
multiculturalism in our efforts to think cyberspace together.
We believe this list will be an important forum for opening up new
perspectives on cyberspace and cyberculture, and are anxious and excited
to begin a dialogue with all interested parties on the types of issues we
have described here. Our list is open to all interested parties, be they
academics, Net "technicians," or ordinary citizens of cyberspace who wish
to join us in thinking and discussing the present and future of this
fascinating, exciting, and sometimes frustrating realm - and, ultimately,
of ourselves.
CYBERMIND is brought to you by the Spoon Collective, a group of Net
citizens devoted to free and open discussion of philosophical issues on
the Internet. Based on the Collective's philosophy, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT
POSTS CONTAINING LANGUAGE OR DEALING WITH SUBJECT MATTER THAT SOME MIGHT
FIND OFFENSIVE MAY APPEAR ON THE LIST FROM TIME TO TIME, AND SUCH POSTS
WILL NOT BE CENSORED. However, we would also like you to know that racial
or other bias slurs will not be tolerated; there are other sites on the
Internet for them.
To (re)subscribe, send the message:
subscribe cybermind <address>
to majordomo@world.std.com.
To send a post, send to: cybermind@world.std.com
To unsubscribe, send the message: unsubscribe cybermind <address>
If you have any difficulties, or more general questions, contact the
list-owners: mcurrent@picard.infonet.net - or - sondheim@panix.com
Please note that we plan to have archives available with ftp; watch
for the announcement! There are also files available from Marius Watz'
World Wide Web site in Norway; watch for posts about it!
Michael Current and Alan Sondheim
>> Please note that this list can be relatively high volume at times.
We currently have 350 subscribers from around the world. <<