In the 4banks websites, multiple narratives are found in Part I, the ARGUMENT section, and they engage digitally with each other as discussed in the section on digital discourse. While each narrative is unilinear in an of itself, it invokes multilinearity and depends on it.
One limitation in the first version of the websites is that the core narrative is in fact represented by a non-digital narrative, a printed book. This is due to the the nature of the formation process through which the project has matured; in subsequent versions, the core narrative will be fully digital.
The websites are structured in reference to particular narrative threads that develop a core argument. This core argument takes two possible shapes:
- a printed embodiment or
- a digital monograph.
In either case, the websites develop multiple expository planes that are all rooted in this core argument seen as the primary plane.
A printed embodiment, gives rise to a hybrid system, which refers to the book as an outer point of reference, only partly integrated in the digital dimension of the website. This partial integration is obtained through summaries and excerpts.
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