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Diffusion provides a way for researchers and artists to share low-cost broadsides and pamphlets through templates for PDF documents. While sharing PDF files is not exactly new, Diffusion consciously chose to present each treatise in a form that could be made into a small booklet, making tactile sensation and creation integral parts of sharing information. This decision will broaden the distribution and impact of the short works. The concept calls to mind Voltaire’s quip about the effectiveness of short cheap books versus the limited influence of expensive tomes, as well as the impact of Tom Paine’s pamphleteering.
The range of titles reflects the interests of members and supporters; the most interesting series explore the definition of social and personal spaces. Works in the Social Tapestries and Urban Tapestries lines examine “the public authoring of social knowledge”–a set of tools for exploring new definitions of community and the effects of social change. The Liquid Geography series traces the connection between the construction of landscape, identity, the sharing of experience. Inspired by the work of Georges Perec, Species of Spaces titles examine the ways in which technology influences perceptions of personal and social space.
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. Historian Shae Davidson's research interests include public policy and the relationship between culture and civil society. His publications range from articles on industrial history to absurdist poetry.
