Within the scope of the “↑Journée d’études “Communautés virtuelles”“ just two weeks ago, on 09 November 2007, I presented a paper called “Material culture and social interaction online: The reality of the virtual” at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. Besides other things I talked a bit about my idea of “↵virtualism“. ↑Klaus Schönberger, who was in the audience and later in the day delivered a lecture himself, asked who in particular I thought the “virtualists” were. I refrained from calling names and tried to give an a bit abstract description as an answer. Now, Klaus, here is an example.  In … Continue reading →