Religion and Private Life

I spoke to Andre Foster this morning, literally five minutes after posting on the Second Life Educators mailing list and we chatted about our Faces of Faith SL project. Then I ran off to meet with our panel for the first time.

So at 1 am (eh, who needs sleep?) I saw on my google alerts for SL that we got written about!

Check it out on The Chronicle of Higher Education:

July 19, 2007

Student Journalists Share Their Work in Second Life

Journalism students at the University of California at Berkeley will show off their reporting, filming, and writing on religion in the virtual world, Second Life, beginning on Monday. In five revival-style tents on Nowhereville Island, people can view multimedia presentations on polygamy, Ave Maria College, the so-called lost boys of the Mormon faith, and other topics, says Kara Andrade, a Berkeley journalism student.

Students, represented by digital alter egos, will be available to answer questions about the work. The project, which explores religion in America, is financed by the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education.

In conjunction with the presentation, Ms. Andrade will help moderate a discussion on Sunday about spirituality in a virtual environment, featuring spiritual leaders from real and digital environments. The discussion takes place in Second Life and will be shown on the Second Life Cable Network at 1 p.m. Pacific time.

Ms. Andrade says there is a vibrant religious community in Second Life, with new forms of spirituality taking root there. –Andrea L. Foster

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