Cosma / Communication / Knowledge / Navigation
A key goal of Cosma is to have a 3D interface to enable truly spatial “Knowledge Navigation”of the Knowledge Resources hosted on the Cosma Web site. It would be impossible to overstate the centrality of the concept of Knowledge Navigation to Cosma. The project is founded upon the premise that when knowledge is intuitively (re)organized, and then presented in a spatial format, everyone can easily master it. This premise has driven the development of Cosma, and that is why this site features Worlds for you to use to explore this Web site and others. You can find out a lot more about the history of the ongoing quest to provide a 3D interface to Cosma on the Worlds Challenge page. 1
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Introduction2
Dictionary
knowledge : the sum of what is known : the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by humankind — Webster See also OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary
navigation : to steer a course through a medium — Webster See also OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary
knowledge navigation : to steer a course through the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by humankind — M. E. Hopper
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Preservation
History
The Technical Evolution of Vannevar Bush’s Memex (Belinda Barnet, Digital Humanities Quarterly)
As We May Think (Vannevar Bush, The Atlantic)
Memex (Wikipedia)
Knowledge Navigator (Wikipedia)
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Museum
Knowledge Navigation Exhibit (New Computer Museum)
New Media Museum (Knowledge Navigation, Trailblazers, Service, Hypermedia, World)
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
Crash Course Navigating Digital Information
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MIT IAP 2000 Knowledge Systems 101: From Alexandria to Hitchhiker’s Guide (Hopper)
Book
Government
Document
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These are links to pages about closely related subjects.
Knowledge Navigation
Knowledge Worlds
Knowledge Objects (K-Objects)
Knowledge Places (K-Places)
Knowledge Gates to Second Life (K-Gates, Alpha)
Knowledge Palace (K-Palace, Beta)
Knowledge Paradise (K-Paradise, K-Places 1.0)
Toy Worlds (Post)
Worlds Challenge
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Introduction, Inspiration, Foundation, Innovation, Preservation, Participation and Expression
Cosmological, Physical, Terrestrial, Anthropological and Mystical
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1. One stop in the saga of Mary E. Hopper’s mission to enable truly spatial knowledge navigation took her to MIT where she developed content for a presentation and a short course during her Post Doc in Comparative Media Studies.
Hopper, M. E. (1998, October). Hypertext in historical context: Vannevar Bush and Ted Nelson revisited. Media-in-Transition Project / Communications Forum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2000, January). Knowledge systems 101: From Alexandria to Hitchhiker’s Guide [Short Course]. Independent Activity Period (IAP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper’s obsession with Knowledge Navigation has gone so far as to lead to making up a significant percentage of her New Media Museum! In actuality, that museum is truly a sister project to Cosma at the deepest level. Here are links to the part of the collection related to Knowledge Navigation (Navigation, Trailblazers, Service, Hypermedia, World).
2. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.