On Jan 16, 2010, at 4:09 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote: > [Krimel] > In fact this kind of writing has evolved into its own genre, cyberpunk. > > [Arlo] > There have been fascinating non-scifi writings on identity mediation over the > years, "avatar" has become a useful metaphor for deconstructing the > negotiation > of identities. > > For those who may be unfamiliar, Sherry Turkle wrote an eloquent piece in > Wired > years ago called "Who am We?" > (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.01/turkle.html). Also one of my favorite > pieces to get people thinking about aspects of identity negotiation is Julian > Dibbell's "A Rape in Cyberspace" > (http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle.html). > > The "avatar" metaphor has replaced the "actor" metaphor, in the same way > networked computers have replaced the standard processor as the metaphor for > human cognition. > > But I think the last time we were through this we ended up making Marsha a bit > paranoid, so tread lightly. ;-)
Arlo, That's right Arlo. Thanks to you, I do not trust "peoplel" on this list to be who they say they are. Marsha _______________________________________________________________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
