'foucault' Tag

• Wikimania 2008: Wikipedia as Real Utopia with Edo Navot

  July 20, 2008

  Wikipedia as Real Utopia: Governance, knowledge production, and the institutional structure of Wikipedia – Edo Navot, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Sociology. Here follows my rough transcription of his speech, followed by my comments.  The fact that his is the only presentation I have so far commented on should be taken as a sign of respect, [...]

  posted in Conference Notes by R. Stuart Geiger

• The Wikipedian Discourse: A Foucauldian Archaeology

  December 20, 2007

  This paper is a Foucauldian account of power relations as expressed through discourse in the on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia.

  posted in Academic Works, Unpublished by R. Stuart Geiger

• Notions of Identity Liberation in Virtual Gaming Communities

  May 5, 2006

  The vast worlds of MMORPGs seem close to postmodern theories of identity, as a player is able to radically constitute their on-line self at will. Despite this, these virtual gaming communities should not be seen as safe spaces in which a subject can realize their true (or ideal) self.

  posted in Academic Works, Unpublished by R. Stuart Geiger