[Air-L] Need help: virtual worlds and games grass-root rebellions

[Bridget Ward]

I don't believe this posted the first time I mailed it. Sorry if it's a double post!

Alejandro,

I'm actually working on this topic for my dissertation work. There are A LOT of examples out there. The blog Terra Nova has covered many of them and has some interesting insights into the area (http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2005/02/the_right_to_as.html). I would browse through their back posts as well. 

Additionally, Bruce Robinson has done quite a bit of work on this topic as well. I know he has a book chapter:
Title   Labour's Second Life : from a Virtual Strike on Union Island
Book    Virtual Social Networks: Mediated, Massive and Multiplayer sites'  
Ed: Niki Panteli (Palgrave)- http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/023022928X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-page  

If you would like to contact me off the list I'll be happy to pass along some of my publications on the topic as well as additional information I may have.

Bridget Blodgett

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Subject: [Air-L] Need help: virtual worlds and games grass-root rebellions

Dear AoIR-lers:

I need some help. I was invited to participate in a conference for games
developers and multimedia artist, and I´m thinking to talk about user´s
rebellions in online games and virtual worlds. Reading the Celia Pearce´s
book "Communities of play" (excellent reading) I found a mention of a WoW
rebellion, in 2004.
Can you suggest me some other readings about this kind of grass-root protest
movements? Also any pictures?
Thank you very much =)

Alejandro Tortolini
Science and technology journalist - Teacher

Buenos Aires, Argentina
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