This was a presentation I gave at the AAAs in November of 2008. I was interested in thinking about how videogames as ethnographic method and product can be useful for researchers, informants, and readers.
Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
Writing Game Ethnographies
1. Writing Game Ethnographies:
The Poetics and Politics of Interactive Narrative
Casey O’Donnell
University of Georgia
http://www.caseyodonnell.org/
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4. Fieldwork
Future Methods
Anthropology Practice
Future Fieldsites Ethnography Labyrinth of Practice
Future Work Spaces for Play(fulness)
Pursuing Systems/Structures
Creative
Collaborative Importance of Play
Pedagogy Practice Understanding
Cultural Anthropology
Underlying
Systems/Structure
Undermined By
Underlying
Systems/Structure
Consolidation
Policy
Lack of Diversity Caring about how
Gender Systems/Structure Games work
DMCA
Patent
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6. Fieldwork
Future Methods
Anthropology Practice
Future Fieldsites Ethnography Labyrinth of Practice
Future Work Spaces for Play(fulness)
Pursuing Systems/Structures
Creative
Collaborative Importance of Play
Pedagogy Practice Understanding
Cultural Anthropology
Underlying
Systems/Structure
Undermined By
Underlying
Systems/Structure
Consolidation
Policy
Lack of Diversity Caring about how
Gender Systems/Structure Games work
DMCA
Patent