[Air-L] Introduction

[Maeva Veerapen]

Hi Peter,
  Thanks a lot for your comments. I will look into redzone.


Regards,

Maeva 

Ninoo Nansen (in-world)




Peter Timusk <ptimusk at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hello Maeva
> 
> I have attend the band redzone's concerts in SL.
> 
> Reading your points you will find some evidence at redzone concerts.
> 
> I am not a formal theatre or music academic but have worked in theatre
> as a stage hand and play music but neither in second life.
> 
> I perform 3 d design in second life on an unknown scale.
> 
> I have attended conferences in SL and given papers via in game chats
> with powerpoint like slide shows.
> 
> Peter Krogstad in Second LIfe
> 
> 
> Peter Timusk,
> B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University
> Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa.
> just trying to stay linear.
> Read by hundreds of lurkers every week.
> Kiitos Paljon,  Merci,  and thank you
> 
> 
> On 20-May-09, at 10:39 PM, Maeva Veerapen wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am conducting my PhD research in Second Life on the subject of
>> performance cultures in this new environment. The main research
>> questions
>> guiding my research are:
>> 1) Do performances in ‘Second Life’ differ from the established
>> forms of
>> ‘First Life’ ones and if so, how?
>> 2) What does this new medium, ‘Second Life’, offer that creates the
>> possibility of making performances that would otherwise be
>> impossible to
>> produce in ‘First Life’?
>> 3) Are performances produced within the ‘bleedthrough’ and if so how
>> does
>> dynamic support the work?
>> 4) How is each individual performance within ‘Second Life’
>> influenced by
>> the broader socio-political economical context within which it is
>> produced?
>> 5) How is Second Life a new performance genre and/ or new medium for
>> performance?
>>
>> I have just started a bit more than two months ago. I am using
>> ethnography as my research method and doing participant observation,
>> surveys and interviews.
>>
>> I am also looking into the possibilities of running a component of a
>> conference within SL and would appreciate any experiences other people
>> have had doing similar projects.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Maeva VEERAPEN BPA (Hons)
>>
>> PhD Student
>> Centre of Drama and Theatre Studies
>> School of English, Communications and Performance Studies
>> Arts Faculty
>> Monash University
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> 
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Maeva VEERAPEN 

PhD Student
Centre of Drama and Theatre Studies
School of English, Communications and Performance Studies
Arts Faculty
Monash University