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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:34:09 +0100
From: "John Postill" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [Religion EASA] Cyberanthropology: "Second Life is their only
chance to participate in religious rituals"
http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/anthropology.php?title=second_life_is_their_only_chance_to_part&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
17/06/07
01:40:59 pm, Categories: technology, religion cosmology, cyberanthropology,
internet. Posted by Lorenz
Cyberanthropology: "Second Life is their only chance to participate in
religious rituals"
You can light virtual candles for Shabbat, teleport to a Buddhist temple or
consult the oracle for some divine guidance. In Second Life, an online virtual
universe with 3.7 million users, religious diversity and participation have
skyrocketed. For some people, Second Life is their only chance to participate
in religious rituals according to the Washington Post.
Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff is going to publish a book on "cybersociality"
in Second Life called "Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist
Explores the Virtually Human." The avatar of the anthropologist (Tom Bukowski)
has an office there, "Ethnographia," where you can visit him. These emerging
virtual worlds pose fundamental challenges to anthropological theory, he
writes on his website. "We are witnessing the birth of a significant new
modality of human interaction."
He expected -- but hasn't found any evidence -- that Second Life would foster
relationships among far-flung members of minority faiths. But the game does
seem to be sparking community among followers of more mainstream faiths like
among Jews, Muslims and Christians.
Washington Post also writes about Yunus Yakoub Islam who is writing his
dissertation on religion in Second Life and runs Second Faith, an educational
resource about religion in Second Life. Islam believes he's the only Muslim in
his village in England and uses Second Life to interact with more than 200
members of the game's Islamic Society.
http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/anthropology.php?title=second_life_is_their_only_chance_to_part&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
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