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Culture
The cultural implications and uses of virtual worlds is an important topic both for how virtual worlds affect society, and how they are an important site of cultural activity.
March 7th: At the Intersections - Spirituality in the Age of the Machine
How is technology supporting social justice? Is spirituality in conflict with technology in this era of the approaching ‘Singularity’? Do avatars deter human connection or…
January 31: Masterclass on Digital Anthropology and Our Virtual Lives
How have virtual worlds informed the broader culture? What can we learn about the journey of being human from the journey of adapting to a…
December 6: Can Being Part Machine Make Us More Human?
If your body contains technology it might help you to hear better, it may reduce seizures or prevent heart attacks – but does it make…
November 1: Fashion and Virtual Worlds - Innovations in Global Collaboration
What does the future of distance collaboration look like? How can immersive technology help enterprise to prototype products and work across boundaries? In this episode…
October 12: Noam Chomsky Appears on Metanomics
Metanomics welcomes Professor Noam Chomsky for a very special episode, held on Tuesday October 12th.
Professor Chomsky needs little introduction. Professor of linguistics at the…
June 30 - Immersive Storytelling
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On Wednesday, June 30 at…
Idea City 2010 Conference Broadcast via Metanomics
For the first time, you can watch the entire IdeaCity 2010 conference at Add a comment
March 31 - Linden Lab with Tom Hale
Metanomics interviewed Tom Hale, Chief Product Officer for Linden Lab (creators of Second Life) on Wednesday, March 31.
Tom Hale has been with Linden…
Don’t Apologize with Author Tyler Cowen
From the author of ‘Create your Own Economy’, Tyler Cowen says there’s no call to apologize for virtual worlds. Don’t act as if virtual goods…
The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger’s new book, ‘Delete – The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age’ raises some interesting concerns…namely – do we really need to…
Taking a Spin in Social Media: Building a Virtual Advantage in Online Communities
Is social media a revolution or just more conversation? What are companies doing to protect their reputations online? Where do virtual worlds fit in to…
Inside Linden Lab: An Ethnographic Study by Thomas Malaby
How does the culture INSIDE Linden Lab impact the culture of Second Life? How do the values and attitudes of the Lab translate into…
Av-Culturation
From the exotic to the mundane, Metanomics explores avatar culture. Anthropologists Tom Boellstorff and Celia Pearce are developing new methods and theories about human relationships…
Millions of Us
Reuben Steiger, CEO of Millions of Us, is actively defining the role of Social-Media Agencies for marketing…
Holiday Book Roundup
Benjamin Duranske of the popular legal blog VirtuallyBlind.com takes a turn as guest host, interviewing authors of books about virtual worlds. Guests include: Mark Bell…
Electric Sheep Company
11/24/08 Electric Sheep Company. Two years ago, “Electric Sheep Company was one of the premier content creators…
Liquid Artifacts: Architecture in Virtual Worlds
Host Robert Bloomfield welcomes Jon Brouchoud of Crescendo Design and Studio Wikitecture. The October 2008 issue of Add a comment
Unpredictable Spaces
Rezzable Productions claims to maintain “the largest public space in the metaverse”, and are the well-respected creators of Greenies, public art, machinima, games and music.…
Dmitri Williams: Who Plays?
USC Professor Dmitri Williams talks about his terabyte-sized data set from Sony Online Entertainment. We delve into Dmitri’s survey…
Metanomics Revisited
Live from Copenhagen at Noon on Monday, September 22, we turn the tables when Benjamin Duranske, author of Virtual Law and editor of virtuallyblind.com ,…
CosmoGIRL IsThere!
CosmoGirl is There! took Metanomics back to There, with There’s CEO Michael Wilson, CosmoGirl’s Morgan Brooks, and market researcher Mary Ellen Gordon of Market…
Richard Bartle
Richard Bartle spoke to Metanomics about real-money trade, game design, his famous model of player types, and his critiques of existing virtual worlds. This discussion…
Linden Marketing
1/7/2008 Linden Marketing. Robin Harper is the Vice President of Marketing and Community Development at Linden Lab, and spoke on wide range of topics, including…
Journalists on Entrepreneurs
12/10/2007 Journalists on Entrepreneurs allowed Daniel Terdiman (CNet), Peter Ludlow (Second Life Herald) and W. James Au (New World Notes) to discuss their books and…
Virtual Retail
12/3/2007 Virtual Retail considers two of the more colorful and successful retailers in Second Life, Stroker Serpentine and Temporal Mitra, who market largely to the…
Electric Sheep and CSI
10/29/2007 Electric Sheep and CSI revealed the experience of the Electric Sheep Company’s Chief Creative Officer, Chris Carella, who worked with CBS to…
Fashion!
10/15/2007 Fashion! included Raven Pennyfeather, who quit her job as a mortgage compliance officer to create a very successful line of Goth and Victorian clothing…
Julian Dibbell
10/1/2007 Julian Dibbell is an author of numerous books and articles about virtual worlds. Our discussion emphasized his recent writings, and his exploration of “ludo-capitalism.”
…Metanomics 101
9/17/2007 Metanomics 101 set out Professor Robert Bloomfield’s view of Metanomics, laying out all three major subfields (experimentalist, immersionist and augmentationist).
On September 17th 2007,…
March 25 - Metanomics Community Forum
24 Mar 2010 : Metanomics Community Forum
Every Thursday at 12 p.m. SLT
At The Metanomics Studio in Second Life
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