[Air-L] avatar research ethics

[Radhika Gajjala]

A cartoon charater is not "inhabited" by a human being in the way that  
a MOO character or avatar is - when you live there for a long time...   
Think of Avatars on SL and puppets/puppeteers. Would you write about a  
puppet separately from the puppeteer?

r


On Mar 8, 2008, at 2:29 AM, William Bain wrote:

> Marjorie Kibby wrote: "Our review board guidelines [....] would see  
> avatars as human subjects."
>
>  Forgive if this is too simplistic, but where would this leave  
> someone wanting to study some cartoon character? I mean, obviously  
> any such study would have to mention the author & author's rights.  
> But those guidelines strike me as , I don't know, too harsh? Too  
> strict?
>
>  Best regards, Will
>
>
>
> William Bain
> PhD Student
> Comparative Literature
> Department of Spanish Philology
> Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
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