2013

Projects from 2013

How do you define community and the role of the individual in it? What’s the difference between the community you chose in the virtual world of Second Life and real life communities? How does the notion of a global community work either inworld or in real life? If you were to travel abroad for your future studies, where would you go and why?

Here are the various ways our A&S Wired students have answered these questions as they explored, interviewed residents and researched about a particular site in Second Life.

Group Name	Group Participants	Region of Study and SLurl
Athello	aanderson18 AntonioRoman ChiquitaIsBananas Tayfaux	Solaria 128, 128, 2
Focus of Study: “We bother with conversation because we assume a certain answer from a question when in reality the answer we get is different from our perceived notion.”
Black Pool	arnold2 BethJoy2 durantspooner excellentnocomment Jane Lynn	Dublin 128, 128, 26
Focus of Study: “Once comfort between strangers is established, both people are equally curious about the others.”
Brasil	Andrew Rabella atticusfinch18 cmc1013 Loginsky	Brasil Rio 40, 168, 21
Focus of Study: “Laughter is universal! Once you laugh together, you’re friends forever!”
Londoners	Arayo Sokan BlayneJeffery jkruegs timbo94	London City 202, 167, 23
Focus of Study: When interacting with individuals from around the world, it’s clear that both parties can learn and teach one another about their respective cultures and lifestyles. We can see this by analyzing the interviews that we conducted both in person and online in Second Life.
We Da Best	Heeby Geeby I’m Not From Canada maplelief tdap1293	Moscow Island 177, 123, 22
Focus of Study: “When going into a conversation with someone from a different culture, whether in real life or virtual life, many of the preconceived ideas or assumptions portrayed by the media can be proven wrong.”