Another fascinating podcast about Second Life and living in game space with special guests Sherry Turkle (THE leading authority on internet identity), and Wagner James Au from New World Notes
I especially like this quote from Sherry Turkle:
The question of whether or not you feel fully yourself without these extensions is … something we need to acknowledge. … While we’re still in this intermediate space of being not fully tethered, I think we need to ask ourselves the question of … in real life … without the Second Life, without that ability go out into the game and to complete yourself through these devices, are people starting to feel as though they’re not quite fully themselves? Sherry Turkle on Open Source
Very interesting and something I wrote about in this soon to be published book chapter:
Thomas, A. (in press/2006). Culture, Community and Citizenship in Cyberspace. In: Lankshear, C., Knobel, M., Leu, D. and Cairo, J. (Eds.), The Handbook of New Literacies Research. Erlbaum.
Whoa, stumbled onto this page from a story tonight at BlogHer about exploring the meaning of Second Life, and… are you from Tasmania?
Anyway, hi from Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and congrats on this interesting work you’re doing!
Comment by Stu — June 19, 2006 @ 1:19 pm
Hi Stu
Yes I am from Tasmania - how did you know? Thanks for saying hi and commenting *smile*
Comment by Anya — June 19, 2006 @ 3:57 pm
I dunno, it’s weird, I was looking at this site and it’s like I got the song “Send in the Clowns” stuck in my head — must be a Tasmanian thing.
Keep up the good work!
Comment by Stu — June 19, 2006 @ 4:04 pm
*laugh* Thanks Stu…. I am guessing I know you from another lifetime but I have so many mysterious commentors here I could very well be mistaken
Comment by Anya — June 19, 2006 @ 6:25 pm