just some more information on the subject of space... esp. socio-spatial metaphors of Cyberspace... (and excuse the shameless selfadvertisement... ) My paper from IR 3.0 can be found online and dealt with the mataphors and their problematic use http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/zurawski/ueberwachung/space_metaphors.html and ANette Markham has written on the subject and presented it in Toronto... http://ascend.comm.uic.edu/~amarkham/writing/MarkhamTPWwebversion.htm she was asking if the Internet was a tool a place or a way of being... and then another ineresting article for this disusssion.. http://www.ul.ie/~philos/vol5/cyberspace.html by rebecca brant.. what kind of space is cyberspace... more later, I have to re-read the post now.. best nilz -- Dr. Nils Zurawski Universität Hamburg Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung Allendeplatz 1 20146 Hamburg Germany tel. +49 (0) 40 42838 6185 fax. +49 (0) 40 42838 2328 Projekt zu Videoüberwachung: http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/zurawski/ueberwachung