Second Life, Museums, and Archaeological Modeling
Posted: June 15, 2007 Filed under: Museums, Personal Websites, SecondLife, Student Research, Technology, [ Suggestions for Improving this Blog ] 1 Comment »Richard Urban blogs at Inherent Vice on his collaborative poster session, “Second Life, Museums, and Archaeological Modeling” for the Digital Humanities Conference.
The researchers have identified the trend of user-created cultural institutions, rather than institution-created cultural sites. Plus, “serious leisure” and Oldenburg’s “third spaces” – what an amazing opportunity to create new spaces for cultural creativity!
Those interested in 3rd spaces & urban planning in RL might be interested in Kunstler’s critique The Geography of Nowhere & his follow-up remedy Home From Nowhere.