Encounters Along the Way
Along the way, whether you are on a cut, a side-trail, or halfway an ice pressure ridge, you may encounter a number of different agential phenomena. These phenomena pop-up on the left side of your screen as either; i) Vista’s, ii) Landmarks, iii)Great White Beasts, or iv) Shipwrecks. Each of those figures have emerged from my research, and offer different possibilities of meaning making in your journey through this knowledge-land-scape.
Although you can “keep going”, for this instruction it is important to click on the pop-up image to your left that says “Vista”. You will return to this cut later.
Research Creation
Along the way you may encounter different examples of research creation outcomes that were created by the author as part of their research. You can recognize these moments by …
You may be presented with options to “detour”,on the bottom of your screen. Detours may send you to a different cut, or may allow you to take shortcuts within your current cut. When you take a detour, you may not always find a path to return to your current cut, so think carefully before you detour. If you hover over the “detour” button, before clicking it, it will reveal where the detour will take you. In this case, if you hover over the button, it will show you that the detour will bring you to the “Terms of Engagement” page.
Do not click the detour button for now. Keep going.
Another Point of Beginning
Eventually all cuts run into other points of beginning. These are not conclusive endings to this work, but rather perform a cusp of emergence- a story so-far. Some of these points mark the end of funding cycles or research projects, or mark the limitations and scope of this particular Phd dissertation. Others are trails, and tracks that have faded out, as they remained un-revisited. These other points of beginning mark one moment along an ongoing animate line of correspondence.and they usually allow for making another cut.
You have finished the instruction tutorial. Return to the homepage and embark on your journey.