Construction of Digital Space: Second Life as a fantasy or a work tool
| Document type: | Conference Presentations |
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| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Maria Bäcke |
| Title: | Construction of Digital Space: Second Life as a fantasy or a work tool |
| Translated title: | Konstruktion av Digitala Utrymmen: Second Life, fantasi eller arbetsverktyg? |
| Conference name: | M3 - The Virtual '07 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| City: | Södertörn |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Technoculture, Humanities and Planning (Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad) School of Technoculture, Humanities and Planning S-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.tks.bth.se/ |
| Authors e-mail: | mwb@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Drawing upon Gaston Bachelard´s The Poetics of Space and Henri Lefebvre´s The Production of Space, I read both private and public digital 3D spaces made available through SL and examine to what extent they are inscribed in or distanced from the underlying ideology of Second Life. I use textual sources - written codes of conduct, covenants written by the land owners, actual buildings and environments created in Second Life, an interview, as well as blogs and articles - to explore how three different categories of space are constructed and maintained: one where SL is primarily seen as a work tool for profit or teaching, another where the main goal is a detailed, homogenuous and highly visual space, and a third category where a homogenuous space is created in order to enable a more organized fantasy and facilitate game-play. Choice of Theme: Expressions of ideology in design and digital technologies |
| Subject: | Human Work Science\Human Computer Interaction Computer Science\Networks and Communications The Humanities\English |
| Keywords: | Second Life, digital space, social space, Henri Lefebvre, Gaston Bachelard |
