Avatars Are For Real: Virtual Communities and Public Spheres

Authors

  • Eiko Ikegami Department of Sociology, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research
  • Piet Hut Program of Interdisciplinary Studies, Institute for Advanced Study

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v1i1.288

Keywords:

virtual worlds, virtual communities, Second Life, Tokugawa, Japan

Abstract

Using the historical example of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1867), we point out how artistic circles provided a

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