The Drax Files: World Makers -Episode 31:Tom Boellstorff
The Drax Files: World Makers -Episode 31:Tom Boellstorff
- August 12, 2015
- Tom Boellstorff, anthropology professor, is featured in video by The Drax Files August 12, 2015
From Drax Files:
How well do you get to know the people that you meet in Second Life? If you’re Tom
Boellstorff - probably a great deal more than most! As a Professor in the Department
of Anthropology at the University of California: Irvine and digital ethnographer inworld,
Tom has spent much of his 12 years in Second Life getting to know the people he’s
encountered. In this episode of the Drax Files, Tom discusses avatar identity, the
use of virtual worlds for gameplay and self exploration, and why referring to offline
life as ‘real life’ poses a problem when studying technology like Second Life. Watch
now to hear more of his personal take on the future of virtual worlds and some of
his observations on the communities he’s encountered inworld.
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