Der Weblog als Wunderkammer

Der Weblog als Wunderkammer – ich erlaube mir aus einem Artikel zu zitieren: “ A Web log really, then, is a Wunderkammer. That is to say, the genealogy of Web logs points not to the world of letters but to the early history of museums—to the “cabinet of wonders,” or Wunderkammer, that marked the scientific landscape of Renaissance modernity: a random collection of strange, compelling objects, typically compiled and owned by a learned, well-off gentleman. A set of ostrich feathers, a few rare shells, a South Pacific coral carving, a mummified mermaid—the Wunderkammer mingled fact and legend promiscuously, reflecting European civilization?s dazed and wondering attempts to assimilate the glut of physical data that science and exploration were then unleashing.”

Dazu gibts auch noch mehr: Wunderkammer Cyberspace