Linkmaps amount to suggested routes through the wiki network, particular sequences of ePathways that have been found to be illuminating in one way or another. An example is the eWorld, a linkmap of nodes that leads from Leapfrogging the Text to The Museum of Verbal Art to The Irony of Proteus to Resynchronizing the Event to Systems versus Things. En route the surfer will have an opportunity to think about a textless world, the new-media landscape for literature and oral tradition, an ancient Greek myth of transformation, the re-creation of performance events, and communication without “things.” What’s more, the entire itinerary revolves around the core OT/IT thesis of the Pathways Project.

But that’s just one option. Potential surfers may opt to follow this or another of the predesignated patterns listed below (any of which they can always exit at any point). Or they may choose to strike out on their own, fashioning their own experiences at every juncture—effectively creating their own linkmaps as they go. The freedom to explore and to construe is nearly absolute, and all we ask in return is that surfers consider the option of contributing their newly discovered itineraries to the Pathways Project Linkmap Digest as possible “guidebooks” for future users. To share your linkmap, please create an account by clicking the Sign Up link in the orange bar above.

Linkmap Digest