Exploration in Digital LiteratureMain MenuIntroduction to Exploration in Digital LiteratureWorks CitedAbout the Student AuthorsLucy Dunlop0f87c154df9d1f5b9c9db43bf755c92458e4029aChristina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0Deena Lang131c436bb0b401aee393cec40c25d6b298e0d091Amelia Tan072c06bdfc7e7ce98f28891a102d135bb24f1261
J.R. Carpenter "Walking into City Bus Routes"
1media/Narrative destination 1_thumb.JPG2019-11-16T07:44:11-08:00Amelia Tan072c06bdfc7e7ce98f28891a102d135bb24f1261355683J.R. Carpenter "Walking into City Bus Routes": Example of page with description of unknown parts of Edinburghplain2019-11-16T07:56:08-08:00Amelia Tan072c06bdfc7e7ce98f28891a102d135bb24f1261
12019-11-16T07:13:28-08:00Using Narrative Again In a Different Way12Exploring means exposure to new places and ideasplain9292042019-11-17T11:18:48-08:00Walks From City Bus Routes" exemplifies the idea that exploring should expose one to new places and ideas. Many of the scenery and destinations that this work contains include hidden gems of the city that are not under constant attention by incoming tourists. The images shown above and below give examples of the different destinations that are not as frequently advertised as "must see" tourist places but are equally significant to see.
One caveat to the concept of exploring is that exploring itself can be limiting in itself as well. According to Bogost in his book "Play is in Things", "play is the act of manipulating something that is that doesn't dictate all of its capacities in advance, but it limits its capacities through focus and exclusion." In other words, exploring can be limiting to what the author like J.R. Carpenter includes in the list of unknown places that she destines important for the reader to be exposed to. Here, while exploring may seem freeing and can give the reader a chance to discover novel places that she/he might have never heard of, the extent of discovering these new places can also be restricted.
