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On Digital Gardening: A Feral Hypertext in Practice

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This paper explores "digital gardening" as a form of feral hypertext and a network of practice for personal information organization. Through an examination of digital gardens in practice, we investigate the structure of conceptualization and the varied implementations of digital gardening. We aim to contribute to the discussion on the feralization of hypertext, its implications for personal information management in today’s digital age, and the dynamic between the emergence of concepts and practices in the online sphere and the adoption by the public.

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HT '24: Proceedings of the 35th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
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DOI:10.1145/3648188
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  2. Digital Network of Practice
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