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2007-11-07T21:26:31Z

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2007-10-31T16:46:12Z

Any further posts will appear at http://web.mac.com/jeffertz. Thanks.

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autoethnography

2007-10-22T17:50:52Z

10.04.07 To what extent did the avatar I created for and in Second Life represent me? Was its construction a new self or an extension of my self as I am (it is) embodied? Would my engagement within this virtual game/world extend potentia...

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10.17.07 - If a body is a text, is second life a novel?

2007-10-18T16:28:30Z

{{{{{{{{{{{{A conversation generated by Shelley Jackson’s “Stitch Bitch: The Patchwork Girl” and Ken Hillis’ “From Description to Depiction: Free Indirect Discourse and Online Graphical Chat”}}}}}}}}}}}} At the present moment, which is the same a...

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9.10.07 - Between the Alternated Reality Kit and Second Life (Smith)

2007-10-10T03:56:35Z

It’s strange to think of how similar the modes of functioning within SL parallel the Alternative Reality Kit, an Xerox Corporation interface of the late 1980’s discussed by Randall B. Smith in “Experiences With The Alternate Reality Kit: An Exampl...

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From Hallnas and Redstron’s expressionals to Dourish’s context as case for autoethnography

2007-10-10T03:55:54Z

Ok, I think I can use Paul Dourish’s notion of context to flush out Hallnas and Redstron (in 10.09 blog below). Again, my concern with their move from use to presence lies in their use of the concept of “expressionals”, which denotes that there is...

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10.9.07 - Use versus Presence: Identity in Things (Hallnas and Redstron)

2007-10-09T20:48:51Z

Lars Hallnas and Johan Redstron, in “From Use to Presence: On the Expressions and Aesthetics of Everyday Computational Things”, argue for a reconsideration of the constitution of things: that is, in understanding and designing in a world permeated...

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About autoethnography

2007-10-04T05:06:55Z

Ellis and Bochner's “Autoethnography, Personal Narrative, Reflexity” detailed how to write an autoethnography in the form of an autoethnography, a kind of personal narrative that contains social implications. I thought it best to list the main ten...

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10.03.07 - Connecting with the posthuman (Shaviro)

2007-10-03T19:53:59Z

Connected to the Posthuman Steven Shaviro constructed “Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society” as a work of “cultural theory as science fiction” (ix). He wrote the text as a “‘cognitive mapping’ of postmodern space” that opera...

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9.26.07 - More on Embodiment (Hayles), Second Life and (Sex) Clubs

2007-09-26T20:48:50Z

The body has not disappeared with technology, not even in Second Life. Instead “a certain kind of subjectivity has emerged.” (193) This subjectivity cannot be placed within a frame of generalizations or overall trends, but is performative and “alw...

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