English 680V: Visual Rhetoric in a Technological Age (Purdue)

I mentioned this article in class on Tuesday in reference to avatar design. It's written by Beth Kolko, who of course, was one of our IDID speakers last semester. It's a pretty fascinating look at the rhetoric of avatar design from a gendered perspective. It's a tad old now, in that, it's pre-Second Life, which is probably where the most interesting potential for avatar exploration is happening right now.

Btw, I partly took this class to do something concerning visual rhetoric and Second Life, so if anyone is on Second Life and would like to talk about issues, I'd be more than happy to!