// Disciplines
Digital Anthropology
6 topics
- VTuber
Freedom and Loneliness Born from Being Anonymous
VTubers operate as characters without showing their faces or real names. What kind of freedom does this 'anonymity' bring to the streamer, a…
- Internet Slang
What Kind of Self Do I Become When Using Slang?
This question asks who we become the moment we use slang. Internet slang is not just words but a performance that enacts or signals a specif…
- VTuber
Is There Something Conveyed by Not Showing Oneself?
What is conveyed by a VTuber not showing their appearance? The imaginative space created by not seeing a face, the 'essence' conveyed only b…
- VTuber Culture and Emotion & Identity
Attachment to a Being One Can Only Encounter Through a Screen
An 'existence one can only encounter through a screen' refers to VTubers or virtual characters whom one cannot meet physically, only through…
- Virtual Communities and Real Society
Is the Community in Virtual Space Different from Real Community?
A 'virtual space community' refers to a collection of human relationships formed on internet platforms or in virtual worlds. In contrast, a …
- VTuber
Is It Natural to Mourn the 'Death' of a Character?
When a VTuber character reaches retirement or the end of their story, is it natural to feel they have 'died' and mourn them? This question r…