Mendez Journal Entries
I do believe that avatars can potentially challenge existing social hierarchies. By avataring oneself to look something that one is not, like a 'king" or "queen." At the same time it can re-enforce existing prejudices.
Turkle, Barad, Dibbell, Gaboury and Nakamura mist like see these experiences as rewarding and eye opening.
I have to say that I have been spending more time in figuring what is what, rather than typing my thoughts. BB blog to me is better just because I am familiar. I believe is a good system. Instead of inventing the wheel every time. Can programers use old methods. And here is the "rub" if we do are we not enforcing "old thinking and approaches?"