"From Global to Local: Virtual Worlds, Immigration, and Linguistic Diaspora"
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On Monday, September 10, at 10:15AM PST, ocurred a mixed-reality panel discussion on "From Global to Local: Virtual Worlds, Immigration, and Linguistic Diaspora," which took place both at USC Annenberg Island in Second Life (teleport SLURL) and the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Santa Fe, in Mexico City. The panel explored how "the interdependence of our world is highlighted ever more dramatically by the role the virtual worlds are providing for social good – especially opportunities to explore new forms democracy, public diplomacy, migration and intercultural dialogue."
Joshua Fouts reports:
In a diversion from the usual panel topics, which focus on more traditional political and ethical topics, ours asked what role virtual worlds play in issues central to interdependence: migration, democracy and linguistic diaspora. Our panel featured a cross-section of virtual world experts: Peter Singer, former CTO of Vivendi/Universal; Mark Wallace, virtual worlds journalist; Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Minister of Culture; and Jose Murilo Junior, who directs technical innovation for the Brazilian Ministry of Culture.
In a nod to our Second Life community, some of our panelists appeared in person and some in Second Life. As if to highlight to the distance between the two worlds, I found myself in the unique position of having to “protect” the Second Life panelist’s right to speak—since not being physically present meant that they could only advocate for themselves virtually ...
The panel pushed the boundaries of most people’s understanding of what’s going on in virtual worlds. For many, this was the first time they had actually seen a virtual world. In fact, the audience sat mostly in a stunned silence until Ben Barber jumped in as catalyst, declaring that the unmentioned side of these spaces is that “99% of the people in [virtual world] ... couldn’t care less about politics, feeding the hungry.”
The audience jumped in with a fervor at this point attacking the panel for everything from being facile to racially homogeneous. Ironically, we hadn’t yet gotten to a compelling presentation by Gilberto Gil and his chief technology deputy, Jose Murilo.On Monday, September 10, at 10:15AM PST, ocurred a mixed-reality panel discussion on "From Global to Local: Virtual Worlds, Immigration, and...all »On Monday, September 10, at 10:15AM PST, ocurred a mixed-reality panel discussion on "From Global to Local: Virtual Worlds, Immigration, and Linguistic Diaspora," which took place both at USC Annenberg Island in Second Life (teleport SLURL) and the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Santa Fe, in Mexico City. The panel explored how "the interdependence of our world is highlighted ever more dramatically by the role the virtual worlds are providing for social good – especially opportunities to explore new forms democracy, public diplomacy, migration and intercultural dialogue."
Joshua Fouts reports:
In a diversion from the usual panel topics, which focus on more traditional political and ethical topics, ours asked what role virtual worlds play in issues central to interdependence: migration, democracy and linguistic diaspora. Our panel featured a cross-section of virtual world experts: Peter Singer, former CTO of Vivendi/Universal; Mark Wallace, virtual worlds journalist; Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Minister of Culture; and Jose Murilo Junior, who directs technical innovation for the Brazilian Ministry of Culture.
In a nod to our Second Life community, some of our panelists appeared in person and some in Second Life. As if to highlight to the distance between the two worlds, I found myself in the unique position of having to “protect” the Second Life panelist’s right to speak—since not being physically present meant that they could only advocate for themselves virtually ...
The panel pushed the boundaries of most people’s understanding of what’s going on in virtual worlds. For many, this was the first time they had actually seen a virtual world. In fact, the audience sat mostly in a stunned silence until Ben Barber jumped in as catalyst, declaring that the unmentioned side of these spaces is that “99% of the people in [virtual world] ... couldn’t care less about politics, feeding the hungry.”
The audience jumped in with a fervor at this point attacking the panel for everything from being facile to racially homogeneous. Ironically, we hadn’t yet gotten to a compelling presentation by Gilberto Gil and his chief technology deputy, Jose Murilo.«
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