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+==== Welcome to the Libarynth... ====
-|   ,. . .  the libarynth is a [[pataphysics|parafictional]], semifunctional (deeply [[intertwingled]]) collection of documents, notes and [[randomness]] (many of which are related to [[start?do=search&id=foam|FoAM]]) in the smouldering rubble of [[category_index|babel]]. it has been mostly reconstructed from material with escaped the [[libarynth greyhole event]], however there are some old pages that may reappear in the near future, stochastically. current pages can be edited as you like, you can also create new pages... .\\  <html><font size=4> {<sub><font size=1>{insert appropriate excuses about colour schema, layout and design. <sup>mutterings about form over content</sup></font></sub>}</font></html>} ((made possible by google cache, the internet archive and wayback machine, yahoo, msn and warrick)) -> there are still a few [[todo|things to do]]| ::: |
+The ever-growing Libarynth is almost exactly what its name implies – a hybrid between a library and a labyrinth, a maze of pages in various stages of completion. It is a deeply intertwingled collection of documents, notes and [[randomness]] - many of which are related to [[start?do=search&id=foam|FoAM]], a network of transdisciplinary labs at the intersection of art, science, nature and everyday life.
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+FoAM's collaborators, friends and sympathisers use the Libarynth as a research diary, sketchbook, or activity log. Some sections of the Libaryth are [[project_archives|well structured]], others are overgrown and forgotten. Pages can be found on a [[category_index|variety of topics]], from [[visual programming]] to [[experience_inflatables|inflatables]] or vegetarian-friendly [[restaurant guide|restaurants]] around the world, lists of [[Culture Ships]] or [[luminous/steady_state_economics|steady state economics]], or perhaps notes about [[fermentation_notes|fermentation]]. Many pages are in development, containing a few links or a couple of short notes (inviting interested [[wiki_gardening|wiki-gnomes]] to expand them). Others are more complete [[foam_research_reports|research reports]], [[foam_publications|publications]] or [[reading notes]]. For weeks the Libarynth might be quiet, punctuated with sudden bursts of activity, as can be seen in [[start?do=recent|recent changes]]. As a living archive of FoAM's interests and activities, the Libarynth is continually changing and [[start?do=index|expanding]].
+For some the Libarynth can be overwhelming, so we advise caution when first treading over its threshold. Once comfortable within the overgrown wilderness, you are very welcome to contribute: by starting new topics, editing existing pages, or making new connections into or out of the Libarynth itself, beyond its porous edges.
+{{fa>cog?spin}} Here are a few possible starting points:
+  * [[Project Archives]], such as [[:dust_and_shadow/start|Dust & shadow]], [[:/future_fabulators/start|Future Fabulators]], [[parn/borrowed_scenery_arn|Borrowed Scenery]] or [[:/open_sauces/start|Open Sauces]]
+  * [[foam_publications|Publications]], from the [[:/futurist_fieldguide/start|Futurist Fieldguide]] to [[field_guide_to_flying_saints|Fieldguide to Flying Saints]], across [[groworld vegetal culture]] and [[enacting_futures_in_postnormal_times|enacting futures]]...
+  * [[foam_press|FoAM seen through the eyes and ears of the media]]
+  * [[Residencies and Transiencies]]
+  * [[foam_workshops|Workshops]]
+  * [[Doing Nothing]]
+  * [[Reading Notes]], from [[2312_by_kim_stanley_robinson|2312]] to [[zibaldone_the_notebooks|Zibaldone di pensieri]]
+  * [[Lecture Notes]]
+  * Attempts at categorisation: [[category_index|Category Index]], [[parn/garginz|Garginz]], [[augmented_ecology|Augmented Ecology]], [[Category_computer_science|Computer Science]]
+  * Number six: [[calvino_heuristics|Six memos for the next millennium]], [[Six easy steps to avert the collapse of civilisation]], [[The six aspects of the well-conceived voyage]]
+  * Random picks: [[2013_foam_winter_solstice_ceremony|Yule Ceremony]], [[Thalience]], [[Powerpoint debilitation]], [[The Internationale]], [[Structured procrastination]], [[Menu for Monday]]
+  * [[orphan_pages|Orphan Pages]]
+  * [[[[start?do=index|The Full Index]]
+  * If in doubt (or curiosity) use Search.
+----
+FoAM's other online archives and ephemera: [[http://fo.am|FoAM website]] | photos on [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam|{{fa>flickr}}]] | articles on [[https://medium.com/@foam/|{{fa>medium}}]]  | digests via email [[https://tinyletter.com/_foam/archive|{{material>email}}]] | updates on  [[https://twitter.com/_foam|{{fa>twitter}}]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/foam.network/|{{fa>facebook}}]]
-pruning, edits and textual tending -> [[wiki gardening]]