September 2008 Archives
Freedom and Independence in Virtual Worlds: a Conversation with Tom Bukowski
Sunday, Sept. 21, 1pm SLT
Virtual American Anthropologist Amphitheater, Anteater Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Anteater%20Island/71/108/24
The Alexandrian Free Library is pleased to
present a second discussion led by Tom Bukowski, author of
Coming of Age in Second Life. This discussion will focus on the
concepts of freedom and independence, and how these concepts are
expressed in a virtual world such as Second Life.
We will consider topics such as these: What does freedom mean in a
place where you can literally look and behave like anyone or anything
you wish? How do individuals and communities on SL decide what customs
they will follow? Why do many people on Second Life choose to
participate in lifestyles that severely restrict their virtual
freedom? What does independence mean in a world that belongs to a
private corporation? How much of what we do on Second Life is
determined by the code that runs SL and how much is actually open to
our own choice?
This discussion is a part of The September Project, an annual real
life project where libraries all over the world held events about
freedom and independence during the month of September. It is the
first September Project event ever held on Second Life. For more
information about the September Project, please see
http://theseptemberproject.wordpress.com/
Sunday, Sept. 21, 1pm SLT
Virtual American Anthropologist Amphitheater, Anteater Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
The Alexandrian Free Library is pleased to
present a second discussion led by Tom Bukowski, author of
Coming of Age in Second Life. This discussion will focus on the
concepts of freedom and independence, and how these concepts are
expressed in a virtual world such as Second Life.
We will consider topics such as these: What does freedom mean in a
place where you can literally look and behave like anyone or anything
you wish? How do individuals and communities on SL decide what customs
they will follow? Why do many people on Second Life choose to
participate in lifestyles that severely restrict their virtual
freedom? What does independence mean in a world that belongs to a
private corporation? How much of what we do on Second Life is
determined by the code that runs SL and how much is actually open to
our own choice?
This discussion is a part of The September Project, an annual real
life project where libraries all over the world held events about
freedom and independence during the month of September. It is the
first September Project event ever held on Second Life. For more
information about the September Project, please see
http://theseptemberproject.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlewomen
Caledon%20Tamrannoch/230/108/22
Women of wit, wiles and wisdom; clever and adventurous lasses, wicked (or winsome) witches; vile villanesses, keen-eyed warriors, and resourceful female persons of all descriptions whatever, the Theme this time is....Women and their stories!
All bards, storytellers, griots and creative liars are invited to join us with tales of adventures, triumphs, tragedies, and miscellaneous events comic or cosmic, involving women and the ways they make their way through the world.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and the Clan of Seafarers and Story tellers, and hosted by Mr Aldo Stern, or, just possibly, the indomitable Miss Diogenes Kuhr
Mon, September 15, 5pm - 8pm SLT
The Falling Anvil, Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/The Falling Anvil, Caledon Tamrannoch
Women of wit, wiles and wisdom; clever and adventurous lasses, wicked (or winsome) witches; vile villanesses, keen-eyed warriors, and resourceful female persons of all descriptions whatever, the Theme this time is....Women and their stories!
All bards, storytellers, griots and creative liars are invited to join us with tales of adventures, triumphs, tragedies, and miscellaneous events comic or cosmic, involving women and the ways they make their way through the world.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and the Clan of Seafarers and Story tellers, and hosted by Mr Aldo Stern, or, just possibly, the indomitable Miss Diogenes Kuhr
Caledon Library Book of the Month
Lord Byron's Don Juan
Listening Party
Sun, September 14, 12pm - 3pm
The Great Lawn of the Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/30/180/23
Intelligent, witty, charming, outrageous, scandalous....all these are equally true of George Noel Gordon, 6th Baron Byron, and his poem "Don Juan." Lord Byron began the poem in 1818 in Italy, during a wild, self-indulgent and profligate period of his life, and continued to add to it until his death. The first cantos, published anonymously in 1819, caused no little uproar for their tone and content. When the authorship was revealed, the poem confirmed Byron's reputation as a flouter of morality (in the eyes of the Mrs. Grundys of the day) and as a poet of rare genius (in the eyes of such contemporaries as Scott, Shelly, & Goethe.) Byron makes the adventures of the fictional character, Don Juan (a name then as now a byword for ignoble seduction) into an excuse to skewer the hypocrisies of his age.
Our discussion and listening party will center on the first Canto, a recording of which will be streamed as part pf a programme produced by Radio Riel. The station's weekday programmes will also feature music from Byron's lifetime and music associated with the themes and characters of the work. See their blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com the week of the event for details. If you can't join us in-world for the discussion, tune in on their main stream at http://music.radioriel.org
Copies of the work may be had at the library, or read in the Aether in an excellent Hyperlinked edition at
http://www.geocities.com/~bblair/donjuan.htm
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Great Lawn, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Lord Byron's Don Juan
Listening Party
Sun, September 14, 12pm - 3pm
The Great Lawn of the Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/30/180/23
Intelligent, witty, charming, outrageous, scandalous....all these are equally true of George Noel Gordon, 6th Baron Byron, and his poem "Don Juan." Lord Byron began the poem in 1818 in Italy, during a wild, self-indulgent and profligate period of his life, and continued to add to it until his death. The first cantos, published anonymously in 1819, caused no little uproar for their tone and content. When the authorship was revealed, the poem confirmed Byron's reputation as a flouter of morality (in the eyes of the Mrs. Grundys of the day) and as a poet of rare genius (in the eyes of such contemporaries as Scott, Shelly, & Goethe.) Byron makes the adventures of the fictional character, Don Juan (a name then as now a byword for ignoble seduction) into an excuse to skewer the hypocrisies of his age.
Our discussion and listening party will center on the first Canto, a recording of which will be streamed as part pf a programme produced by Radio Riel. The station's weekday programmes will also feature music from Byron's lifetime and music associated with the themes and characters of the work. See their blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com the week of the event for details. If you can't join us in-world for the discussion, tune in on their main stream at http://music.radioriel.org
Copies of the work may be had at the library, or read in the Aether in an excellent Hyperlinked edition at
http://www.geocities.com/~bblair/donjuan.htm
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Great Lawn, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.