Category Archives: internet research

different way of being (I’ve said most of this before in print and online)

By cyberdiva | Published April 14, 2009

From my post to Radha ki Betiyaan pvt blog:
Okay – even though everyone [on RkB] almost is on facebook and some are on twitter – and several of you may have individual blogs. And we have once again started mass emailing each other.
This is still a different way of being, communication in this “space” we [...]

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ettiquette for blogging – re aoir discussion

By cyberdiva | Published July 25, 2008

link to aoir list archives – the discussion thread is titled “etiquette for reusing or reposting blog posts” – around the date of July 25th
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The contradiction regarding our expectations of use of online spaces continues to surprise me (and this includes my own expectations and unarticulated responses as a user/consumer too) …
We want [...]

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Call for Papers: Edited Collection on Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization

By cyberdiva | Published November 18, 2007

PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS ASAP (deadline is still tentative – so if you are working on something relevant email me anyway with a query). Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and GlobalizationEditor : Radhika Gajjala[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ](Lexington Press is interested and I am discussing this collection with them) In the recent past, there has been much [...]

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Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization

By cyberdiva | Published October 15, 2007

DEADLINE EXTENDED:
PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY DECEMBER 1, 2007.
Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization
Editor : Radhika Gajjala
[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ]
In the recent past, there has been much talk of “web 2.0 “ and “web 3D” as new media. Educators and researchers all over the world are debating the pros and cons of such environments. [...]

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Research paradigms, IRBs, Epistemologies of online research…

By cyberdiva | Published August 13, 2007

There is a very interesting discussion going on on the AIR-L list that I am trying not to get drawn into replying to posts on. Too much stuff to do here with Grad step week and all (and last week the Digital Mirror and New Faculty presentation as well as prep for Grad step week [...]

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Audio: An Anthropologist Goes Native in a Virtual World – Chronicle.com

By cyberdiva | Published August 7, 2007

Audio: An Anthropologist Goes Native in a Virtual World – Chronicle.com

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conceptual Quilting

By cyberdiva | Published August 6, 2007

to find out more about what it means to “quilt conceptually” according to rad Zabibha (born in 2006) and Cyb Tabla (born in 2004)
go to http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brouwer/172/149/42
work in-progress – always
considering also linking to Diva’s earlier moo projects – at least those that are still accessible

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