Comments on: Virtual worlds and Second Life as environment for political activism https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/virtual-worlds-and-second-life-as-environment-for-political-activism/ Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.16 By: Digidave https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/virtual-worlds-and-second-life-as-environment-for-political-activism/comment-page-1/#comment-34056 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:48:34 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/virtual-worlds-and-second-life-as-environment-for-political-activism/2007/02/23#comment-34056 Great post — and an interesting subject.

At NewAssignment.Net we just did a post looking at the history and future of online civic protests. The basic conclusion — the way to make it most effective is to intermix it with real world activities. What if you staged a protest and nobody came?

]]> By: Sanjana Hattotuwa https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/virtual-worlds-and-second-life-as-environment-for-political-activism/comment-page-1/#comment-33619 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:13:44 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/virtual-worlds-and-second-life-as-environment-for-political-activism/2007/02/23#comment-33619 t see Second Life playing any significant role in Sri Lankan politics for several decades. However, an aspect that I do see MMORPG’s such as Second Life as holding great potential is in the realm of peace negotiations, humanitarian disaster relief simulations and online dispute resolution (ODR). These areas, that are already heavily dependent on communications that are increased mediated through the internet, lend themselves to the virtual worlds in Second Life - that can recreate real life scenarios, help participants work through future scenarios, help stakeholders collaboratively explore solutions to problems, provide the space to interact virtually after real world meetings, secure an online space that’s always available, and secure, for confidential meetings etc." Read the full post here - http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/avatars-and-politics-using-second-life-for-political-activism/]]> As I noted on my blog on ICT for Peacebuilding in January ’07:

“I don’t see Second Life playing any significant role in Sri Lankan politics for several decades. However, an aspect that I do see MMORPG’s such as Second Life as holding great potential is in the realm of peace negotiations, humanitarian disaster relief simulations and online dispute resolution (ODR). These areas, that are already heavily dependent on communications that are increased mediated through the internet, lend themselves to the virtual worlds in Second Life – that can recreate real life scenarios, help participants work through future scenarios, help stakeholders collaboratively explore solutions to problems, provide the space to interact virtually after real world meetings, secure an online space that’s always available, and secure, for confidential meetings etc.”

Read the full post here – http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/avatars-and-politics-using-second-life-for-political-activism/

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