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cabell

articles on race in MMOs?

Aug 20, 2008 12:23

So I'm writing my syllabus for "How Race & Ethnicity Shape American Social Life," and I'm doing a day on the internet. I have plenty of stuff to SAY about race in MMO(RPG)s, but no articles. Can anyone refer me to anything, scholarly or otherwise?

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travspence August 20 2008, 17:28:47 UTC

It's odd that UW seems not to employ librarians. A librarian could really help you out. Pity there are none. Shame, really. Sad. Sad.

janusnori August 21 2008, 05:22:28 UTC

Wha!? No librarians! At UT there was a whole fleet of them, one for each subject area. I didn't use them very often but the sociology and gender librarians were very helpful in ordering books if I wanted them and the library didn't have them yet. It was great!

I'm upset I'm moving into a librarian-less zone.

janusnori August 21 2008, 05:23:44 UTC

I now realize that quite possibly I'm missing the sarcasm in the above...

travspence August 21 2008, 05:24:51 UTC

Yeah, I was being sarcastic. :-)

University libraries are pretty safe yet but a lot of schools are losing their librarians due to budget shortages.

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travspence August 20 2008, 18:03:27 UTC

Ha ha! I yell at Cabell all the time for not utilizing her university library to its full extent. :-)

cabell August 20 2008, 18:13:37 UTC

Dude, on the occasions when I have tried to use our librarians, they have never failed to disappoint.

cabell August 20 2008, 18:13:17 UTC

I'm actually giving them Nakamura's early article on identity tourism but wanted something more current--I found another book she helped edit but it was WAY too dense for most undergrads, I thought. I'll check that one out. Thanks!

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ex_hellocth126 August 20 2008, 17:37:30 UTC

Kingdom's really gone to hell since they started letting those green-skins live here, running around with their loincloths half-covering their asses and playing their drum music all night long.

Sorry, got nothin'...

ziz August 20 2008, 17:58:15 UTC

Well, I don't know if there's any helpful material there for this subject, but if you haven't looked at the Daedalus Project, it might be interesting at least.

trying again, HTML goddess32585 August 20 2008, 18:21:57 UTC

CMS.600 has these readings on race:
Always_Black. "Bow, Nigger." In Salen & Zimmerman. 2004.

Gee, Jim. "Cultural Models: Do You Want to be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic?" In Salen & Zimmerman. 2003.

Adams, Ernest. "Not Just Rappers and Athletes."

Leonard, D. J. "Not a Hater, Just Keepin' It Real: The Importance of Race- and Gender-Based Game Studies." Games and Culture 1, no. 1 (January 2006): 83-88.

Au, Wagner James. "The Freeform Identity Bebop of Eboni Khan." (Wagner James Au's discussion of blackness in Second Life.)

Everett, and Watkins. "Now Representing: Games and the Learning Space of Race."

DeVane, B., and K. D. Squire. "The Meanings of Race and Violence in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." Games and Culture. (Forthcoming)

Salen & Zimmerman = The Game Design Reader. I haven't read these to know if any specifically tackle MMOs (SL?), but maybe they have useful references? Hope this helps.