Unit:
Specialty Science, Technology, Society-Science and Technology StudiesLibrary of the School of Science
Supervisors info:
Ρούσσου Μαρία, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Πληροφορικής και Τηλεπικοινωνιών, ΕΚΠΑ,
Τύμπας Αριστοτέλης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Φιλοσοφίας της Επιστήμης, ΕΚΠΑ,
Βλαντώνη Αικατερίνη, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ι.Φ.Ε. ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Beyond the Binary: Challenging and Reinforcing Gender Norms in Virtual Worlds through the Virtual Body
Translated title:
Beyond the Binary: Challenging and Reinforcing Gender Norms in Virtual Worlds through the Virtual Body
Summary:
In recent years, virtual reality (VR) seems to be occupying an increasing part of the public discourse and becoming more and more present in people's daily lives, transforming multiple fields such as labor, education and the economy. From this tendency, Virtual Worlds (VR) are emerging as social spaces of prominent importance. This secondary research studies conversations around gender performativity in Virtual Worlds using the virtual body, i.e. the avatar, as an analytical axis. The findings demonstrate virtual worlds as fields of conformity and reproduction of gender norms and patriarchal standards, but also as fields of resistance and subversion. Through a systematic literature review, this research aims to contribute to broader debates in gender theory and digital culture.
Main subject category:
Science
Keywords:
Avatar, gender, embodiment, performativity, virtual reality, virtual worlds, Metaverse
