4/1/2024 0 Comments Joel tranter![]() This essay seeks to explain the principles underpinning the gift economy as applied to certain web-based poetry communities. Although each of these projects has its own areas of particular interest, they share a commitment to what is known as ‘the gift economy’. Thankfully, this essay will explore only three: the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre ( nzepc), PennSound and UbuWeb. ![]() The phrase ‘poetry community’ brings up 88,300 hits in 0.22 seconds when searched on Google. ![]() Kenneth Goldsmith, ‘The Bride Stripped Bare: Getting Naked with Nude Media’ Like the files themselves, UbuWeb is becoming less stabilized in its identity as a center. Imagine these altered files returning back to the source from which they came, clothed and housed momentarily before being sent back out into the world again. UbuWeb is now positioned on a two-way street. Our authority has become undermined by our own process. It’s apparent that our function has changed. Suddenly, the idea of ‘radical distribution’ is notched up: UbuWeb is not the resource but instead, we’re just another source our ‘radical distribution’ might not be so radical after all. Web Poetics and the Gift Economy: nzepc, PennSound and UbuWeb
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