A shorter post than normal for me but I wanted to share one particular afterthought that has kept coming into my mind since this session. I'm not sure why its remained so prominent compared to other thoughts I had throughout the session, but maybe thats OK...
...so here goes.
We were discussing the impacts of the evolution of the internet on creative practise and the increasing difficulty to separate your private and professional lives on Web 2.0. Generally, if you see your practise as an integral part of your being, you may not find this an issue...I know my practise is a natural part of my DNA and I can't say I ever really feel the need to have a separate personal and professional life. There are certain aspects that I find it useful to disengage with at certain times...perhaps the admin and more mundane tasks are things I try to avoid doing on holiday...but being open to creative encounters, responding to various contexts and needs are just part of how I operate.
However, 'filtering' the content available to others via Web 2.0 platforms such as Facebook or Instagram, can be needed sometimes. For example, you may not wish for a new high-profile potential sponsor of a community project you are organising to instantly be faced with millions of photos of a friends birthday party you have been tagged in online before they get to the photos of the dementia cafe you were involved in a few days ago! Even having separate profiles for your various work doesn't completely eliminate the risks of this happening through the results when your name is typed into a Google search.
These artefacts (I think they could fall under this title?), form your CARBON FOOTPRINT. I remember being told that your carbon footprint begins before you are even born. You have little control over the shape of this, or steps it takes. It makes you vulnerable. There is very little you can do to control it, although there are perhaps ways to alter its impact and direction.
Anyway, I'm going to stop there, having really only introduced the term. It feels good to have shared the term...in this instance thats all I wanted to do. I'm more interested in how others perceive the idea of a carbon footprint and am looking forward to digging deeper into this concept with my research over the next few days.
Hope this made some sense or proved to be of some significance for someone reading!
Amy x
