My first podcast!Click here for Episode 1 of the Intellacast!
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July 2nd, 2006 at 6:46 pm
A great first podcast Intellagirl!
As someone just starting to tinker with SL, I’m fascinated by the process of building my own virtual identity and how that impacts, enhances, challenges me in my rl work and collaborations with others.
You’ve set a great agenda for an ongoing discussion… looking forward to the next episode!
July 3rd, 2006 at 7:23 am
[Amy Wilson wanted to post this as a comment but my database was temporarily down so I got her permission to post it as soon as it came back up. Here it is!]
Hi,
I’m trying to leave you a comment on your podcast, but I’m getting
some error so I thought I’d just put it in an email…
I really loved the podcast! Honestly, I don’t often find them so
interesting, but yours was really good and I thought you raised a lot
of interesting points. One of the things it has me thinking about is
how blogging seems to be quite different from the other constructions
of identity that you mention - myspace, SL, etc. When I look at my
student’s myspace pages, a good portion of them are reserved to
putting on a front - showing how cool the student is, how sexy, etc.
Same thing is true about SL - it looks to me like the majority of the
avatars are of the Barbie and Ken variety as people attempt to don
their best renditions of people. But then, when I look at blogs that
they’ve written (and we’ve done blogging in my class) they reveal this
incredibly vulnerable side - almost the opposite of what you see on
myspace.
I’m not suggesting that blogging is somehow more “true” a
representation, rather than it’s just another kind of identity
creation; however, thus far I should say it’s the creation that most
interests me. I’ve read such utterly heartbreaking or touching things
in students’ blogs that they would never speak about or email about or
IM about.
All of this is sort of twisting into my ongoing interest in “pro-ana”
blogs which I think are one of the most powerful versions of on-line
identity creation (and so totally ignored in an academic setting
because of their controversial subject matter - so controversial, that
I feel the need to point out that I’m not really a supporter of them,
but I do find them fascinating - yeesh, I can’t believe I felt like I
had to say that, but there you go), but I feel like I’m rambling on
too much already!
Cheers,
Amy
July 4th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
I enjoyed you podcast as well. You did a great job conveying information and making me think about the future.
My husband has been Feldar for 10 years, and I was kittykat813 for 7. I purposefully in the last year changed usenames to have a new online identity. Its my professional name.
I understand what you say about the potential for different looks in SL. I made a flash vid for my myspace account to “show off” most of my avatars. http://www79.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=31065912&refid=31065912
July 5th, 2006 at 11:10 am
You make some excellent points for consideration, Intellagirl, and I am very much looking forward to hearing your podcast on digital identities. I’m curious how you address the issue of DI with your students when you have them join your SL class and how much they are already dealing/shaping with their digital identities on their own.
July 6th, 2006 at 4:34 am
Thanks so much for all of these great comments. I’ll be sure to make notes for my next podcast from them!
July 6th, 2006 at 7:18 am
I think you are positioned to examine not just many things about virtual worlds, but human nature itself. A great opportunity. I also liked putting a voice to a face - it gave me a better (mental) picture of you!