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Autonomous
Avatars. Hybris of virtuell Sign
Bodies?[German]
Mela Kocher
presents a semiotic analysis of the avatar and its
function as an electronic representative of the
human being. Her analysis is situated in the
context of the discussion on
materiality/immateriality of sign bodies in digital
media. Her starting point is an etymological
approach to the term "avatar".
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/11-10-Kocher.htm
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An Essay on
Virtual Bodies of Real People in the Internet
[German]
Judith Mathez
focuses on the transfer of a physical person into
her virtual embodiment by naming 3 main aspects
which are related to this transfer: 1. the body as
communicative sign vehicle; 2. the relation between
physical body and online body; 3. the
de-embodiment and embodiment which results in the
interaction between physical body and online
body.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/11-10-Mathez.htm
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Shattered
embodiment. Cyberspace as Cartesian Project
[English]
The Cartesian
worldview is objectified in Virtual Reality
technologies. Elke Müller compares
Descartes’ philosophy with the
phenomenological critique and alternative of
Merleau-Ponty and distinguishes three kinds of
virtual spaces, of which the CAVE seems to arouse
the strongest kind of Cartesian ruptures, the
experiences of ‘shattered
embodiment’.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/11-10-Mueller.htm
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Artificial Life.
Frankensteins Descendants [German]
Maria Teresa
Santoro and Rejane Cantoni promise horrible reports
about monsters and other supernatural creatures,
reports about creatures composed by artificially
constructed organism, about insects, androids, and
humanids.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/11-10-Santoro-Cantoni.htm
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Der Avatar als
Schnittstelle [German]
Karin Wenz
explains the different functions of an avatar
inMMORPG's (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing
Games) which can be highlighted by the metaphoric
uses of cut and interface. Her
example is the Role-Playing Game Ragnarok
Online.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/11-10-Wenz.htm
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Link und
Performanz [German]
Uwe Wirth
undertakes a semiotic and performative definition
of the term "sign body in the web". He focuses on
the indexicality and performativity of the link in
hypertext.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/11-10-Wirth.htm
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