Abstract
The interview is conducted with Sadie Plant in a variety of subjects. Plant discusses the topic of centralized and distributed organizational structures. Practical implementation of organizations will tend to have elements of both centralized and distributed structures. Additionally, it is beneficial to mainstream organizations to incorporate or recuperate activist or grassroots distributed elements in order to bring in new energies, thoughts, and ideas. The discussion then shifts to drugs and information control. Plant argues that drugs and information have similar characteristics in that both have the ability to change perception and thoughts. The tools that governments use to control and monitor drugs can also be applied to information. There is danger when centralized organizations are in conflict, like Microsoft versus the government, or drug cartels fighting drug enforcement agencies. Lastly, the interview talks about how cyberspace and technology bring changes to the thoughts and ideas of the mind and body. New advances in science suggest the possibility of blurring the boundary of a natural body and digital body while also connecting minds and networks together to create a new kind of body.
Preservation Process
Archived from http://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php%3Fartc=258.html. Documentation of the preservation processes used for this collection is available at https://github.com/NickSzydlowski/switch. Metadata for this item was created and augmented by Thao Uyen Chau, Spring 2022, ART 104.
Recommended Citation
Switch Staffs
(1999)
"An interview with Sadie Plant,"
SWITCH: Vol. 11:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/switch/vol11/iss1/5