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Dissociation & Second Life: Pathology or a State of Mind?
Gregory P. Garvey
Professor
Quinnipiac University
Sponsored by Hartford Ethics Group
"Classical" border/boundaries theories examine conflicts that arise between the domains of work, family and so-called third places such as clubs, sports and other social activities outside home or work life. I have argued for consideration of a fourth place, namely the virtual. In this presentation I will consider the impact of the "unrealness" of the experience of being "in" the virtual world of Second Life. I will further suggest that this experience of being "in world" invites a comparison with the diagnostic criteria for dissociation disorders such as depersonalization and derealization as described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV-TR. |
Professor Greg Garvey teaches in the Department of Computer Science and Interactive Digital Design at Quinnipiac University. Previously at Quinnipiac University he was the Visiting Fellow in the Arts and also was an Associate Artist of the Digital Media Center for the Arts at Yale University. Prior to joining Quinnipiac University he was Chair of the Department of Design Art at Concordia University in Montreal and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Design Institute. He received a Masters of Science in Visual Studies degree from MIT and was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT from 1983-85. He also has a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. |
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 7:00PM
Walton Room, 2nd floor, Trinity Library
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