Topping from the Viewfinder: The Visual Language of Virtual BDSM Photographs in Second Life

Authors

  • Shaowen Bardzell Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i4.704

Keywords:

Visual language, sexuality, virtual BDSM, identity, Second Life

Abstract

The paper explores the mutually constituted relations between avatars, space, and artifacts depicted in virtual photographs from Second Life

Author Biography

  • Shaowen Bardzell, Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
    Shaowen Bardzell is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Design in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. Dr. Bardzell specializes in socio-cultural computing, with an emphasis on emotional, intimate, and embodied experiences. The primary domain in which she practices this work is domestic spaces as well as computer-mediated social environments. Recent work has focused on embodied collaboration in virtual worlds, designing for intimacy and emotion in non-western homes, and the application of critical and cultural theories for developing concept-driven design strategies. Dr. Bardzell directs the Everyday Computing Research Group and co-direct the User Engagement Research Lab at Indiana University.
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Published

2010-02-28

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2009): Virtual Economies, Virtual Goods and Service Delivery in Virtual Worlds

Section

Assembled (rush to press papers)

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