RE: [xmca] online games as tools for sociability

Thanks a lot. I already knew Constance's and Kurt's work, I'll check the
european guys.

As regards data, I will draw on current and ongoing ethnographic and
sociological approaches, as well as my own experience as gamer. My interest
is philosophical rather than "empirical".

Best,
Luiz

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:15:20 -0800, Jay Lemke wrote
> In the US, there are groups working with Henry Jenkins at MIT, and
> Jim Gee's former group still at U of Wisconsin (esp. Kurt Squire and
> Constance Steinkuehler). Jim is now in Arizona.
>
> In Europe, there is a group at Utrecht University (Joost Raessens)
> that has some philosophical interests as well as general studies of
> games and sociality (philosopher is Jos de Mul). Also IT University
> of Copenhagen
> (DK).
>
> What kinds of data will you be using?
>
> JAY.
>
> Jay L. Lemke
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Luiz Carlos Baptista Sent:
> Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:23 PM To: 'eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity'
> Subject: RE: [xmca] online games as tools for sociability
>
> Thanks a lot, Michaels (Cole and Evans)
>
> and by "good places" I mean institutions.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luiz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Michael A. Evans Sent: quinta-
> feira, 31 de Janeiro de 2008 1:17 To: eXtended Mind, Culture,
> Activity Subject: Re: [xmca] online games as tools for sociability
>
> Luiz,
>
> If you haven't already seen this, MIT Press (in conjunction with the
> MacArthur Foundation in the US) has just released a six-volume
> series that might assist with your efforts:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/browse/browse.asp?btype=6&serid=170
>
> I'm currently using "The Ecology of Games" in my course...
>
> BTW, when you say you're searching for "good places to pursue this
> kind of research" - were you referring to institutions, conferences,
> or something else?
>
> Best of luck!
> Michael~
> --
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> > From: Luiz Carlos Baptista <lucabaptista@fcsh.unl.pt>
> > Reply-To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:20:05 +0000
> > To: "'eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity'" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Subject: [xmca] online games as tools for sociability
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been missing for quite a while, lost in the jungle of Philosophy of
> > Language. But now I want to embark on a new research project. I am about
> to
> > start studying online games, which I see as tools for sociability (in
> Georg
> > Simmel's sense). As some of you may know, there is a growing literature on
> > ethnographical and sociological accounts of this phenomenon, and I intend
> to
> > draw on this work in order to pursue a philosophically oriented research,
> > dealing also with issues such as make-believe, joint pretense, distributed
> > cognition and the intermingling of "real" and "fictional" objects and
> > characters.
> >
> > I am just finishing collecting the relevant material and hope to start
> > working on it in the next few weeks. I would appreciate any suggestions
> you
> > might make, as well as info about good places to pursue this kind of
> > research (since I am interested in working abroad).
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Luiz Carlos Baptista
> >
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