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Our Digital Selves Film and Interview With Tom Boellstorff

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May 23, 2018 By Alice Krueger Tom Boellstorff (University of California, Irvine) and Donna Z. Davis (University of Oregon) are the principal investigators of a 3-year, National Science Foundation-funded research project titled “Virtual Worlds, Disability, and New Cultures of the Embodied Self.” Both digital ethnographers, they studied the various ways disabled persons experience embodiment and place in virtual worlds. Many Virtual Ability community members were participants in this research study. Tom Boellstorff, in the film Our Digital Selves. Watch it  here . As the project draws to a close, I had an opportunity to interview Tom. Q- The National Science Foundation is not known for its interest in social virtual worlds. How did you manage to convince them to fund this project in Second Life? TB- People tend to think of the National Science Foundation as one entity, but it operates as separate directorates. This project is funded through Cultural Anthropology, not t...
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Why Spring Cleaning?

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Cleaning is an important skill for independent living! According to a 2013 survey by the American Cleaning Institute, nearly three-quarters of US households do some form of spring cleaning. What rooms are the most often cleaned? Bedrooms Kitchens Bathrooms Cleaning chores that are not on the typical weekly cleanup list are most often tackled during spring cleaning. Almost four out of five who do spring cleaning attack windows, blinds, and curtains . Other important areas for cleaning (by over two-thirds of cleaners) include  clothes, closets and drawers, ceiling fans and carpets .  Almost half of all cleaners scrub out their trash cans . You might want to compare your spring cleaning list or its priority ranking of chores to this list. You might be wondering, why is spring the traditional season for a thorough house cleaning? Actually the idea of spring cleaning has deep historical roots. There are also practical and possibly physiological r...
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