We will be exploring visual artist communities in Second Life. We will be looking for answers to the following questions:
- How does the particular artist community chosen (most likely Artropolis) self-identify?
- Who is allowed to exhibit, who is not?
- Who sets the rules?
- How does the community “perform” and participate in said community?
- What are the community’s goals?
- What mediums do they use?
To complete the project we will observe the artist community both in and out of Second Life, including: Blogs, Artist’s Personal Websites, Google/Yahoo Groups, Real Life (there’s been talk of an SL/RL art exhibit), and other art-community-related websites.
The form of the final project will be in this blog (linked to from Learning Portals as a project). The blog will allows others to follow along with the project from the begining, allowing others to participate and provide a space to present the project in its final form with interview data and analysis; visual snapshots of SL and RL participation, and (hopefully) podcasts of conversations.
Aubree wil be responsible for drafting guidelines for things to talk about, more than a list of questions; ‘Making connections’ and finding the story in the data and will also help create content for the final project. Colin’s main responsibilities include developing the online presentation of the project, as well as ethnographic interviewing, and reviewing the data for stories.
