At the IA summit

sarah is facinated Originally uploaded by Box and Arrow. day two of preconferences. (this on one seamntic web […]




sarah is facinated

Originally uploaded by Box and Arrow.

day two of preconferences. (this on one seamntic web practical applications, v. nifty)

Lots of interesting stuff in thsi series– in particular the global IA session and its attendant implications I found facinating. The session was less about IA and more about understanding, interacting with and perhaps even shaping culture via translation & internationaliation activities.

If you realize that categorization is essentially a framing activity, a la lakoff, then taxonomy translation (as opposed to localization) is an imperialist activity.