Virtually sustainable: Deleuze and desiring differenciation in Second Life

Hickey-Moody, Anna; Wood, Denise

doi:10.1080/10304310802452479

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“…It is often used in a disempowering way highlighting a charity approach of the fortunate ones toward the unfortunate ones-the other. Hickey-Moody et al, covering the topic of design, stated that, although designers could have an impact by -promoting efficient design, ecodesign, disability-inclusive and universal design‖, that there is a certain resistance -because of the challenges they face in meeting the demands of consumers who are reluctant to prioritize global concerns over their individual desires‖ [43]. Indeed, desires of groups and individuals to keep certain privileges [18] and desires [22] makes many -global‖ developments problematic to achieve [44] including a global vision of social sustainability.…”

Section: Visibility Of Disabled People In the Academic Social Sustainmentioning

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Social Sustainability and Its Indicators through a Disability Studies and an Ability Studies Lens

Wolbring

Rybchinski

2013

Sustainability

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Abstract:The present journal recently stated in the call for a special issue on social sustainability, - [t]hough sustainable development is said to rest on ‗three pillars', one of these-social sustainability-has received significantly less attention than its bio-physical environmental and economic counterparts‖. The current issue promises to engage the concepts of -development sustainability‖, -bridge sustainability‖ and -maintenance sustainability‖ and the tensions between these different aspects of social sustainability. The aim of the present study is to identify the visibility of disabled people in the academic social sustainability literature, to ascertain the impact and promises of social sustainability indicators put forward in the same literature and to engage especially with the concepts of -development sustainability‖, -bridge sustainability‖ and -maintenance sustainability‖ through disability studies and ability studies lenses. We report that disabled people are barely covered in the academic social sustainability literature; of the 5165 academic articles investigated only 26 had content related to disabled people and social sustainability. We also conclude that social sustainability indicators evident in the 1909 academic articles with the phrase -social sustainability‖ in the abstract mostly focused on products and did not reflect yet the goals outlined in the -development sustainability‖ aspect of social sustainability proposed by Vallance such as basic needs, building social capital, justice and so on. We posit that if the focus within the social sustainability discourse shifts more toward the social that an active presence of disabled people in this OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2013, 5 4890 discourse is essential to disabled people. We showcase the utility of an ability studies lens to further the development and application of the -development sustainability‖, -bridge sustainability‖ and -maintenance sustainability‖ concepts. We outline how different ability expectations intrinsic to certain schools of thought of how to deal with human-nature relationships (for example anthropocentric versus bio/ecocentric) impact this relationship and -bridge sustainability‖. As to -maintenance development‖, we posit that no engagement has happened yet with the ability expectation conflicts between able-bodied and disabled people, or for that matter with the ability expectation differences between different able-bodied groups within social sustainability discourses; an analysis essential for the maintenance of development. In general, we argue that there is a need to generate ability expectation conflict maps and ability expectations conflict resolution mechanisms for all sustainable development discourses individually and for ability conflicts between sustainable development discourses.

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Section: Visibility Of Disabled People In the Academic Social Sustainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Sustainability and Its Indicators through a Disability Studies and an Ability Studies Lens

Wolbring

Rybchinski

2013

Sustainability

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“…Identity performance can be approached from either a representational or a performative perspective. Representational identity implies that a core essential self not only pre-exists an individual's identity performance, but that it is also the source of such self-presentations [17]. From a representational perspective, virtual bodies are conceptualized as more or less passive signifiers that refer to -and are separated fromthe user's original (physically embodied) identity.…”

Section: Representational Vs Performative Identitiesmentioning

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Performing Cyborgian Identity: Enacting Agential Cuts in Second Life

Schultze

2016

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Part 4: Considering Communication and PerformanceInternational audienceAs people live their lives online more and more, they increasingly rely on digital bodies to extend their senses and to perform identities. With this hybridization of physical and digital embodiments, they become cyborgs and are compelled to negotiate the dualistic space defined by the binary opposition of actual and virtual reality. Whereas actuality typically connotes concrete existence, virtuality signifies phenomena that are ideal, essential and unrealized but that have actual effects.This paper seeks to understand how individuals negotiate the liminal space that combines virtual and actual reality, especially as it relates to their sense of self, in their performance of cyborgian identities. Drawing on Boland’s [1] Engine of Inquiry and Barad’s [2] agential cuts as a conceptual infrastructure, this paper analyzes one identity performance of a single Second Life user in order to answer the following research question: How are cyborgian identities enacted in virtual worlds

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“…Accessibility remained a major concern, and numerous accessibility barriers were reported with Second Life (Hickey- Moody and Wood, 2008). Accessibility remained a major concern, and numerous accessibility barriers were reported with Second Life (Hickey- Moody and Wood, 2008).…”

Section: Virtual World Selection Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Access to Learning, Health and Well-Being

Antona¹,

Stephanidis²

2015

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract.Computer games have been used for a long time as a valuable tool in the teaching and learning of a variety of subjects. The Deaf communities and in particular the Deaf children have different learning needs compared to hearing children. For this reason, there have been, even timidly, some educational games that focusing on such children. However, as these games do not have a standard methology for development, they usually do not meet the needs of the target audience. Therefore, this paper proposes a method for evaluating the quality and suitability of existing educational games for Deaf children through a tested set of design guidelines for Deaf children games. Two computer educational games for Deaf are evaluated. In addition, after the evaluation, a case study is presented to demonstrate the redesign of a game based on the guidelines and the results obtained.

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Virtually sustainable: Deleuze and desiring differenciation in Second Life

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

Social Sustainability and Its Indicators through a Disability Studies and an Ability Studies Lens

Social Sustainability and Its Indicators through a Disability Studies and an Ability Studies Lens

Performing Cyborgian Identity: Enacting Agential Cuts in Second Life

Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Access to Learning, Health and Well-Being

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