26 January 2012
Culture in a Virtual World with Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff
In early December 2011, I was able to go to a talk in Second Life by anthropologist and author of Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, Tom Boellstorff [Tom Bukowski in-world].
Athabasca University Island in Second Life held the event.
As stated by Boellstorff: In this …
25 January 2012
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Comments
- Craig Baehr on Internet Writing #8: Topics to Further Explore :
The virtual gaming world is definitely one where narrative t... - Craig Baehr on Internet Writing #5: Inside My TC Toolkit :
I'm sure the tool list will look much different in a year fr... - Shonell on Internet Writing #5: Inside My TC Toolkit :
I have to laugh, Liz, because my "update" is about as long a... - Shonell on Internet Writing #5: Inside My TC Toolkit :
I'm about to do an "update" to this post, LOL Considering w... - Liz Pohland on Internet Writing #5: Inside My TC Toolkit :
I can't believe you don't mention Second Life! Or do you not... - Shonell Bacon on Internet Writing #4: Paper Topic :
That's actually an interesting question, Bea. I may have to ... - Bea Amaya on Internet Writing #4: Paper Topic :
I look forward to seeing your final paper, Shon. I don't kno... - Shonell on Internet Writing #3: Digital Literacy Skills :
You know, Dr. Baehr, that's a hard question for me to answer... - Shonell on Internet Writing #4: Paper Topic :
That's very true. I think we just talked about that in class... - Craig Baehr on Internet Writing #4: Paper Topic :
Another question, which I know you've realized recently, is ...
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