Digital Ethnography

This book looks great and really helpful. However, it's not being published until September 2012. Just something to keep on our radar.

The Media Anthropology Network, European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), aims to foster international discussion and collaboration around the anthropology of media. Provides links, forums, bibliographies, events, etc.

Great title. Not a very useful link.

the "iWant" tool does not appear to work...nor is it very clear how it works. But, I think it is indicative of the kinds of data mining/harvesting approaches people are taking when it comes to "public" streams of discourse/conversation/knowledge that Twitter represents.

This curated collection of online tools, tutorials and resources is designed to help nonprofits and ethnic and community news organizations navigate the often intimidating and ever-evolving new media landscape. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, you will find valuable information on the technologies and best practices you need to tell a community's stories in compelling ways; engage new audiences; optimize your website; and measure online impact.

A long, non-annotated bibliography of articles and books regarding issues related to computer mediated anthropology. Some really interesting titles. No direct links provided, but some urls.

The Wayback Machine! This is a great tool for retrieving old copies of web sites or completely defunct/ missing websites. It has been helpful for me to delve into everyday digital content (calendars, announcements, etc.) that wasn't archived clearly. It also gave me access to abandoned sites years after the community had moved on.

And, depending on the site, can be a sort of auto-ethnographic document or snapshot...great for comparing design changes and/or significant shifts that might occur when a community changes (rather than moves on). Sort of an archaeology, I suppose.

This article looks at historical video games, which the author says "replaces representation with simulation and presence with virtuality, thereby marginalizing the oscillation of the modern historical imagination between historical facts and historic events, transcendence and immanence, representation and presence." An interesting perspective for examining collective memories, historical perspectives and forms of representation in interactive media and video games.