Boellstorff’s Coming of Age in Second Life receives book award from Media Ecology Association
Boellstorff’s Coming of Age in Second Life receives book award from Media Ecology Association
- September 2, 2009
- 2009 Dorothy Lee Award recognizes outstanding scholarship in the ecology of culture
Tom Boellstorff, anthropology professor, has received the 2009 Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding
Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture from the Media Ecology Association for Coming
of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. Published
in 2008, the book is an anthropological exploration of the online virtual world “Second
Life” in which Boellstorff “lived” for two years observing its residents to learn
how commonly held ideas of identity and society are being reshaped. Learn more about his experiences as the computer-generated avatar, Tom Bukowski. The book was
also recently recognized with an Honorable Mention for the PROSE Award for Professional
and Scholarly Excellence in Media and Cultural Studies from the Association of American
Publishers.
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