Comments on: Culture, Techne, and Virtual Worlds: An Interview with Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/ Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Second Life Next: An Executive Briefing http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-252260 Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Second Life Next: An Executive Briefing Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:03:03 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-252260 [...] Tom Boellstorff discovered in his anthropology of Second Life (required reading for any LL CEO), who I interviewed a year or so ago, and who saw in something as seemingly insignificant as “AFK” or the [...] [...] Tom Boellstorff discovered in his anthropology of Second Life (required reading for any LL CEO), who I interviewed a year or so ago, and who saw in something as seemingly insignificant as “AFK” or the [...]

]]> By: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Is Second Life Consumerism Redux? http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-99321 Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Is Second Life Consumerism Redux? Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:32:39 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-99321 [...] recommend that someone send both of these folks a copy of Tom Boellstorff’s book and to build from there, rather than trying to append to the tired cliches of consumerism and group [...] [...] recommend that someone send both of these folks a copy of Tom Boellstorff’s book and to build from there, rather than trying to append to the tired cliches of consumerism and group [...]

]]> By: John Postill http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-62581 John Postill Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:06:44 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-62581 A very helpful interview, thanks. A very helpful interview, thanks.

]]> By: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Impossibly Positive: Love in a Virtual World (Newsweek on Relationships and Second Life) http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-42612 Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Impossibly Positive: Love in a Virtual World (Newsweek on Relationships and Second Life) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:51:01 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-42612 [...] Screen and the Great Divide Tom Boellstorff, in his study of Second Life, struggled with the issue of finding a terminology and frame of reference for our virtual selves. [...] [...] Screen and the Great Divide Tom Boellstorff, in his study of Second Life, struggled with the issue of finding a terminology and frame of reference for our virtual selves. [...]

]]> By: cube inada http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-39698 cube inada Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:21:16 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-39698 extention? without knowing the specific context youre refering to i would assume its "extention" as in basic mcluen "media/ tools as extentions of man/humans". beyond all the metahype all virtual worlds are another media/tool for humans to inhabit and exist with. They will soon allow for environments as potentially satisfying for the human condition as nature/god has offered us. We bring the luggage:) They are as exponetially powerfull in my opion to be used to control and manage "others" as to the earlier voice/image broadcast media was to the atom's splitting was to the powder's burning. Post atomic? sounds like a blog buzz meme, makes little sense beyond what ive just said.photons shmotons... The natural world is atomic in nature, we and "so far" all our extentions are as well. Trapped.:)with only faith for some's key to doors that may not exist. No matter how meta the extropian server that may hold Ray Kurswells brain,lol one good solar flare will most likely send him to pallookaville. Both realife and virtual worlds can easily be placed into our shared reality beyond faith. Both states are open to the affects of the extentions of mans free will. Neither can negate reality though, other than in discussions of faith. technology is not science, that has been the most overlooked issue in almost all things networked as meta for way to long. Time to no longer be WIRED. extention? without knowing the specific context youre refering to i would assume its “extention” as in basic mcluen “media/ tools as extentions of man/humans”.

beyond all the metahype all virtual worlds are another media/tool for humans to inhabit and exist with. They will soon allow for environments as potentially satisfying for the human condition as nature/god has offered us.

We bring the luggage:)

They are as exponetially powerfull in my opion to be used to control and manage “others” as to the earlier voice/image broadcast media was to the atom’s splitting was to the powder’s burning.

Post atomic? sounds like a blog buzz meme, makes little sense beyond what ive just said.photons shmotons…

The natural world is atomic in nature, we and “so far” all our extentions are as well. Trapped.:)with only faith for some’s key to doors that may not exist.

No matter how meta the extropian server that may hold Ray Kurswells brain,lol one good solar flare will most likely send him to pallookaville.

Both realife and virtual worlds can easily be placed into our shared reality beyond faith. Both states are open to the affects of the extentions of mans free will. Neither can negate reality though, other than in discussions of faith.

technology is not science, that has been the most overlooked issue in almost all things networked as meta for way to long.

Time to no longer be WIRED.

]]> By: Tikaf Viper http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-39418 Tikaf Viper Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:36:24 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-39418 Nice interview indeed ... yet I still am very far from understanding "techne" I think, and I also get the feeling Mr Boellstorff is still struggling with the concept, which, after all, seems sound enough. I just want to link this to Joan Kramer's post. In thought, she says there is no distinction, and uses the term "extension", which I used in another post not being sure of its meaning in English (warms the cockles of my French heart!); in writing, she says "SL life", as work life or other categories we might apply to different parts of our life. I do agree, because it is my own personal theory "in the making", but the way she puts it unsettles my very idea now ... If anyone has suggestions, or Joan herself, please enlighten me! Nice interview indeed …
yet I still am very far from understanding “techne” I think, and I also get the feeling Mr Boellstorff is still struggling with the concept, which, after all, seems sound enough.
I just want to link this to Joan Kramer’s post. In thought, she says there is no distinction, and uses the term “extension”, which I used in another post not being sure of its meaning in English (warms the cockles of my French heart!); in writing, she says “SL life”, as work life or other categories we might apply to different parts of our life.
I do agree, because it is my own personal theory “in the making”, but the way she puts it unsettles my very idea now …

If anyone has suggestions, or Joan herself, please enlighten me!

]]> By: MixedRealities :: Discovering the Age of Crafty Knowledge in Second Life http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-36570 MixedRealities :: Discovering the Age of Crafty Knowledge in Second Life Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:59:04 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-36570 [...] featuring the anthropologists Tom Boellstorff and Celia Pearce (pdf file), when I stumbled upon a great interview Dusan Writer had with Tom about Culture, Techne and Virtual Worlds. It made me think about what we [...] [...] featuring the anthropologists Tom Boellstorff and Celia Pearce (pdf file), when I stumbled upon a great interview Dusan Writer had with Tom about Culture, Techne and Virtual Worlds. It made me think about what we [...]

]]> By: Entrevista con Tom Boellstorff « PI en Second Life http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-31027 Entrevista con Tom Boellstorff « PI en Second Life Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:39:43 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-31027 [...] DusanWriter´s nos trae una intersante entrvista con el antropólogo Tom Boellstorff, autor del muy comentado libro Coming of Age in Second Life. El entrevistado hace una introducción donde plantea que; I consider Coming of Age in Second Life by Tom Boellstorff one of the five pillars of virtual world literature. It is a foundation study that will act as a de facto primary source for not just anthropologic research in virtual worlds, but other disciplines as well.. Coincido plenamente con esta apreciación ya que este libro representa una mirada seria, rigurosa e inquisitiva Second Life y a lo que significa en diversos órdens de la vida social, educativa y cultural de los que alli residimos. Les sugiero que lean la entrevista y de seguro que compren el libro. No se arrepentirán. [...] [...] DusanWriter´s nos trae una intersante entrvista con el antropólogo Tom Boellstorff, autor del muy comentado libro Coming of Age in Second Life. El entrevistado hace una introducción donde plantea que; I consider Coming of Age in Second Life by Tom Boellstorff one of the five pillars of virtual world literature. It is a foundation study that will act as a de facto primary source for not just anthropologic research in virtual worlds, but other disciplines as well.. Coincido plenamente con esta apreciación ya que este libro representa una mirada seria, rigurosa e inquisitiva Second Life y a lo que significa en diversos órdens de la vida social, educativa y cultural de los que alli residimos. Les sugiero que lean la entrevista y de seguro que compren el libro. No se arrepentirán. [...]

]]> By: Pais Kidd http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-30167 Pais Kidd Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:44:03 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-30167 Thanks, Dusan, for a nice interview. I am happy I read Tom's book. Part of me lives in SL to enhance my life and part of me is there as an explorer. I am not trained in anthropology, but I appreciated how Tom described SL in a scientific framework. He also provided some insights, such as the "techne/episteme" mentioned here, or the "creative capitalism" that I have often mulled over since finishing the book. Thanks, Dusan, for a nice interview. I am happy I read Tom’s book. Part of me lives in SL to enhance my life and part of me is there as an explorer. I am not trained in anthropology, but I appreciated how Tom described SL in a scientific framework. He also provided some insights, such as the “techne/episteme” mentioned here, or the “creative capitalism” that I have often mulled over since finishing the book.

]]> By: HatHead Rickenbacker http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/24/culture-techne-and-virtual-worlds-an-interview-with-anthropologist-tom-boellstorff/comment-page-1/#comment-29920 HatHead Rickenbacker Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:34:18 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1141#comment-29920 Excellent post - got this book for Christmas and the interview is informative. Excellent post – got this book for Christmas and the interview is informative.

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