Avatar, Assembled
The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies
Nonfiction, Computers, General Computing, Art & Architecture, General Art, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| 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.
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.
