Economic-Digital
Virtual Economy Mythology and Digital Value Systems
November 3, 2011
46 minutes
Claude Lalumière
Virtual Economy Mythology and Digital Value Systems
A socioeconomic analysis of how virtual economies in digital worlds create new mythological frameworks for understanding value, exchange, and wealth. This artifact examines the anthropological significance of virtual currencies, digital goods, and online marketplaces, exploring how these systems reflect and reshape cultural attitudes toward ownership, labor, and economic exchange. Through economic anthropology, digital sociology, and comparative cultural studies, it investigates how virtual economies function as laboratories for experimenting with alternative economic mythologies.
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Category:Economic-Digital
Duration:46 minutes
Created:11/3/2011