In Harmonium

Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist

Evangelists and evangelical networks

| September 25, 2008

Galrahn over at Information Dissemination, just produced another brilliant piece on the realities of 21st century networks called The Challenges of the 21st Century Conversation.  While the subject of the post is US Naval “evangelists” (“Champions” in business terms), the post itself examines the complex interplay between narrative, myth, discourse control and the role of [...]

“Renaissance networks”: social media and reciprocity systems

| July 29, 2008

“I guess the larger meta question is, What is the role of the know-it-all generalist in today’s specialized world where there is really no more room for Rennaissance men?” Depends who you ask. I think the concept of “Rennaissance men” has evolved into “Rennaissance networks”, they range from the generalists (like Matt), the interested citizens [...]