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Congressional Briefing on Disability and Virtual Worlds
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May 9 | 7:00-8:30 p.m. |
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1539
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Independence Ave & New Jersey Ave
20515 Washington, D.C.
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You're invited to join Congressman Alan Lowenthal, UC Irvine and the University of Oregon at an exclusive congressional briefing on findings from a National Science Foundation-funded research project exploring disability experience in "virtual worlds" - three-dimensional, immersive online spaces where people can appear any way they choose and do things they may not be able to do in the physical world. Featuring an excerpt from a forthcoming documentary about the research, the briefing will include a discussion regarding what disability experience in virtual worlds reveals about creative uses of online social interaction.
Learn more about this featured work and check out a sneak peek of the documentary.
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Tom Boellstorff, Professor, UC Irvine
Donna Davis, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon
Jeffrey Mantz, Program Director, Cultural Anthropology Program, National Science Foundation
Fay Cook, Associate Director, Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation
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Congressional Briefing on Disability and Virtual Worlds
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May 9 | 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1539
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RSVP
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Hosted by Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47). Food and beverage will be offered at this widely publicized event.
Directions to the Lowenthal Building:
The Independence Ave entrance of the Longworth building will only be open until 7:00 p.m. on session days. Guests coming after 7:00 p.m. will need to enter through the 24-hour entrance on South Capitol St. A staff member from Lowenthal's office will be at the entrance to greet and escort guests through security.
For questions or further information, please contact Kathy Eiler, keiler@uci.edu.
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pictured: UCI anthropology professor Tom Boellstorff as his avatar "Tom Bukowski" in Second Life with Fran, a 90-year-old woman with Parkinson's who uses the virtual world to help improve her physical reality.
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