About my Second Life research:
All Second Life residents are invited to participate in a research study on the topic of performative readings of Second Life. The purpose of this study is to investigate the activities that residents perform which allow them to appropriate and change the game space for their own uses and introduce their own readings of Second Life as a text. This is an interview-based study that focuses on the investigation of the range of performative acts of the residents that change the game space of Second Life for personal uses. If you have engaged in role playing games, or consider yourself to be a hacker or griefer or experienced these performative acts, you are encouraged to participate in this study. All personal information about the avatars who partake in this study will be kept confidential and all avatar names will be changed. If you would like to contribute to this study please IM Defne Demar in-world, IM me at AIM, PaleFireR, or e-mail me.
This is an independent study conducted as a part of a dissertation project at Indiana University.
