Difference between revisions of "Virtual Worlds Concepts"
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* What is a subculture? | * What is a subculture? | ||
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Revision as of 16:45, 6 March 2008
Class 1 Vocabulary Words
- in-world
- cybersubculture
- machinima
- avatar
- rez
- sim (simulator)
- prim (primitive)
- sandbox
- alt
- lag
Class 2 Deconstruction of cybersubculture
- What is culture?
- people
- behaviors
- attitudes
- art
- clothing
- music
- cuisine
- is often based on geography
- there is no monoculture in the world, but there are dominant ones
Class 3 Class 4 Class 5
- What is a subculture?
- a subset of a culture
- grouped around similar interests, behaviors, attitudes, music, cuisine, art, etc
- often going against the dominant culture
- examples include: goth, punk, star trek (fans), fantasy, etc
- cybersubculture
- subculture on the 'net
- global
- Introduction to SL "groups"