Week 11 Aggregation and Distribution in My Settings

Here in the study room of the shared house I live in, I can find examples of both aggregation and distribution.  already aggregated are those things which make the room characteristically a 'study room'- bookshelves, computers, desks, a printer, paper. As I interact with the room distribution and re-aggregation occur. If I pick up a book from the shelf to use and put it around the computer with my other things I have distributed and re-aggregated the book to a new setting where it has a new purpose in the aggregation of the room. I have distributed the things from my room to the computer to create an aggregation of things needed to do my blog. E,g, my course outline and readings, a coffee, earphones, a philosophy book. I have placed these things with the computer n order to establish a relationship between them that will serve towards the purpose of me contributing them to my publishing- distribution and aggregation.

It is important not to think of aggregation simply as bringing together what YOU WANT e.g. choosing which apps to download and what news to read so that you only interact with the things you want to interact with. Sometimes we are placed within already aggregated settings in which we also have smooth interactions. Here on the veranda of my shared house the couches, plants and bushes have been in the same setting since before I moved in. I did not choose the way the elements were aggregated but I have found that they are already in a good spot. Eg, the couches are placed in an L shape around the coffee table in front of the space in between the hedges. This allows more sun and view of the garden, the the centrality of the coffee table and the L shape of the couches makes it a perfect place to have lunch and also view the other people dining with. The well placed hedges protect the privacy of our veranda. 

The bookshelf of my room is an example of both aggregation and distribution. In terms of aggregation I have gathered and combined things firstly that belong on a bookcase (those on the top) and on the bottom those things which I need frequent and easy access to. This generally means that those things aggregated on the bottom shelf are frequently distributed because they have high utility e.g. pencil case and its pencils, books that I read from or write in everyday. Distributed is also the knowledge from many of the books aggregated here e.g. the latin dictionary in application to my latin homework, the uni diary in application to planning my day, the cook books for making meals, science and philosophy books for everyday knowledge.