Virtual Ethnography Project: The Digital Artist in Second Life
My classmate, Aubree and I are working on a virtual ethnography project for the remainder of this semester. We’ll be looking at the artist community inside and outside Second Life. I’ll mainly be responsible for setting up a blog for the project and other things presentation-and-distribution-like. Aubree’s doing a number of other things, including zeroing in on research topics.
Here are some of the prelim questions (via Aubree) that we’re asking:
- How does the particular artist community chosen (most likely Artropolis) self-identify?
- Who is allowed to exhibit, who is not?
- Who sets the rules?
- How does the community “perform” and participate in said community?
- What are the community’s goals?
- What mediums do they use?
We’re interested in speaking with artists who find it useful to participate and share their work in Second Life and with its surrounding community. If you’re one of these people, please let us know. Otherwise we’ll probably be looking for you.
Should be fun.
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(update: 3/28) Our project blog is The Visual Artist in Second Life.
Education, Emerson College, Grad School, Second Life, Web 2.0 in Education
