I like the idea of virtual spaces offering a liminal space for people and communities. Calls to mind 1/ John Daniel's paper on Reframing the Experience of AIDS: marginalisation, liminality and beyond - http://www.bendavidson.co.uk/professional_pages/publications/books/estrife/c hapter_abstracts/23.htm and 2/ Caroline Bennett's dissertation on the ability of Computer Mediated Communication to facilitate self-discovery, where clients find other forms of (face to face) counselling/support unhelpful or disagreeable - http://www.hotkey.net.au/%7Ecarolineb Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joao Vieira da Cunha" <jvc@MIT.EDU> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Air-l] "Death" of a website
2) The literature on anthropology. In my own research, I have found that virtual spaces tend to provide 'liminal' spaces where people can carry rituals and activities that they would not be willing or able to in RL.