دراسات وأبحاث
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 687-695
2023-04-15

إحياء التراث والثقافة الشعبية داخل الحياة الثانية: دراسة إثنوغرافية رقمية

الكاتب : خالفي نصيرة .

الملخص

The study aimed to identify the role of the second life as one of the most prominent three-dimensional virtual worlds in revival folklore and pop culture in Arab societies. The study used the ethnographic method. The study tools consisted of observation and interview, the study sample consisted of five three-dimensional virtual Arab characters "Avatars" living in the second life from different Arab countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, The results indicated that folklore and pop culture play an influential role in the virtual digital identity of the Arab citizen in Second Life, It also abounds with many tools and capabilities that help revive folklore, as it has provided various forms of costume that express most of the Arab popular cultures, it also possesses many places and virtual islands that trace their origins back to folklore, in addition to holding poetry and literature seminars within its islands.

الكلمات المفتاحية

folklore and popular culture, Second life, Digital ethnographic study.