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Living in Second Life versus Acting in Flash Mob Re Thinking Place through Virtual and Urban Play

Author(s) -

Aikaterini Antonopoulou

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

electronic workshops in computing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

ISSN - 1477-9358

DOI - 10.14236/ewic/create2010.37

Subject(s) - perception , action (physics) , computer science , flash (photography) , human–computer interaction , digital media , multimedia , sociology , aesthetics , psychology , world wide web , visual arts , art , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience

The aim of this paper is to display the ways in which an online digital game and an urban action may serve as media to explore how people realize and experience place. After briefly describing the way that these two practices operate, it studies how they relate to individuals' perception of the contemporary environment and finally it raises questions concerning the concept of place.

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