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This week, unexpectedly, I ran into a friend, Lonetorus, a queen of demoscene.

demoscene

example work

She joined the class. and text-chatted with us while we responded verbally, as she did not have a mic.

She invited us to user her sim for the remainder of our meeting. She listened in and intervened on and off with her own comments.

then Shweta presented the week’s readings

Next, we discussed Shweta’s ideas on the readings:

discussion recording – part 1b

discussion recording – part 2

and finally, we discussed individual student projects:

discussion recording – part 3a

discussion recording – part 3b

Lonetorus and I then experimented with SL portraiture…

while Deus tipped me off on how to become a drug dealer in SL…

relevant for another course of mine called Drugs, Bodies, Design.

This week’s meeting was an informal discussion of the readings, general considerations about field methods, and conversations about individual student projects.

meeting v recording – part 1

I had the distinct feeling that some students were bored…

meeting v recording – part 2

after Kristy and Karlo presented the readings, I gave an overview of interviewing, focus groups, domestic technologies autobiographies, domestic technologies tours, creative exercises, and performance research using personas and scenarios.

meeting v recording – part 3a

meeting v recording – part 3b

we then discussed some of the students’ projects and brainstormed about possible methods for tackling the research.

meeting v recording – part 4

In the last quarter of an hour of class, Bianca introduced us to Wheelerwood Oppewall, a filmmaker using SL to screen and promote his and others’ work.

he invited us to sit in one of his screening rooms and watch his short films.

he also gave us invitations to join his group, Wheelerwood Films, through which we will receive announcements on his upcoming events.