A cartoon charater is not "inhabited" by a human being in the way that a MOO character or avatar is - when you live there for a long time... Think of Avatars on SL and puppets/puppeteers. Would you write about a puppet separately from the puppeteer? r On Mar 8, 2008, at 2:29 AM, William Bain wrote:
Marjorie Kibby wrote: "Our review board guidelines [....] would see avatars as human subjects."
Forgive if this is too simplistic, but where would this leave someone wanting to study some cartoon character? I mean, obviously any such study would have to mention the author & author's rights. But those guidelines strike me as , I don't know, too harsh? Too strict?
Best regards, Will
William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
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