Avatar, Assembled

The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies

Nonfiction, Computers, General Computing, Art & Architecture, General Art, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: ISBN: 9781433143267
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: January 12, 2018
Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781433143267
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: January 12, 2018
Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Language: English

Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars—not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar "components"—60 in total—altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience. The volume is a "crossover" piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike.

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Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars—not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar "components"—60 in total—altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience. The volume is a "crossover" piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike.

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