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Attentional Capital in Online Gaming : The Currency of Survival
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2010
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last modified
Apr 03, 2015 10:46 AM
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filed under:
Gaming,
Gaming Economy,
Internet Histories,
Histories of Internet,
Researchers at Work
This blog post by Arun Menon discusses the concepts of production, labour and race in virtual worlds and their influence on the production of attention as a currency. An attempt is made to locate attentional capital, attentional repositories and attention currencies within gaming to examine 'attention currencies and its trade and transactions in virtual worlds. A minimal collection of attention currencies are placed as central and as a pre-requisite for survival in MMOs in much the same way that real currency become a necessity for survival. The approach is to locate attentional capital through different perspectives as well as examine a few concepts around virtual worlds.
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Gaming and Gold
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Digital Natives : Talking Back
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Aug 17, 2010
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last modified
May 15, 2015 11:50 AM
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filed under:
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Youth,
Featured,
Workshop,
Digital subjectivities,
Researchers at Work
One of the most significant transitions in the landscape of social and political movements, is how younger users of technology, in their interaction with new and innovative technologised platforms have taken up responsibility to respond to crises in their local and immediate environments, relying upon their digital networks, virtual communities and platforms. In the last decade or so, the digital natives, in universities as well as in work spaces, as they experimented with the potentials of internet technologies, have launched successful socio-political campaigns which have worked unexpectedly and often without precedent, in the way they mobilised local contexts and global outreach to address issues of deep political and social concern. But what do we really know about this Digital Natives revolution?
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Blog
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The Attention Economy - A Brief Introduction
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 22, 2010
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last modified
Apr 03, 2015 10:48 AM
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filed under:
Gaming,
Gaming Economy,
Internet Histories,
Histories of Internet,
Researchers at Work
This post examines attention economy as a brief prelude to a paper and monograph to be published on it. It examines the current theses on attention economy and a few approaches to reading attention economy in gaming besides foregrounding the attention economy and its functions and influence in MMORPGs.
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Gaming and Gold
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An Artist's Hunt for Lost Stepwells
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 04, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM
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Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
As part of the Maps for Making Change project, Kakoli Sen has brought to light some facts which she stumbled upon while mapping the stepwells in Vadodara. She mapped these and also discovered 14 such architectural heritage structures. The news was covered in the Times of India.
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Mapping the Things that Affect Us
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 03, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM
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Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
'Map for making change' is a project using geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India
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Their India has No Borders
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 29, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:08 PM
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filed under:
Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
Bangalore felt far for them, they would mark it outside the country. India, for migrant labourers, is different from the India we know
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Digital Natives at Republica 2010
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 26, 2010
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last modified
May 15, 2015 11:35 AM
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Conference,
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Cybercultures,
Digital subjectivities,
Researchers at Work
Nishant Shah from the Centre for Internet and Society, made a presentation at the Re:Publica 2010, in Berlin, about its collaborative project (with Hivos, Netherlands) "Digital Natives with a Cause?" The video for the presentation, along with an extensive abstract is now available here.
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Blog
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Public Event: Exploring Maps for Making Change
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 24, 2010
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:19 PM
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RAW Events,
Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Event,
Maps for Making Change
The Centre for Internet and Society, in collaboration with Tactical Tech, would like to invite you to 'A Conversation on Maps for Making Change - Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India', at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.
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Third Maps for Making Change Workshop: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 24, 2010
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Oct 05, 2015 03:10 PM
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Event,
Maps for Making Change
The third and final workshop in the Maps for Making Change project will take place at Visthar, in Bangalore, from 26 until 28 April. During this workshop, participants will fine-tune and polish their maps; explore ways to connect with broader movements and disseminate their maps among target audiences; and reflect on their own experiences so as to distill learnings that can help us decide where to go from here. While participation in the workshop is closed, the workshop will end with a public event at the CIS office on 28 April, from 4 pm onwards, open to everybody (more information to follow soon). If you, too, share our interest in mapping for social change, then do join us there.
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Maps for Making Change Wiki Now Open to the Public
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 01, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM
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filed under:
Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
Since December 2009, CIS has been coordinating and nurturing the Maps for Making Change project, organised in collaboration with Tactical Tech. During the past four months, participants have been on a challenging yet fertile and inspiring journey that is now slowly coming to an end. Would you like to know more about what has happened in the time that has passed? The Maps for Making Change wiki is a good place to start.
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