Thomas Malaby

Biography

Thomas Malaby (www.uvm.edu/~malaby) is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He has published numerous works on virtual worlds, games, practice theory, and indeterminacy. His principal research interest is in the relationships among institutions, unpredictability, and technology, particularly as they are realized through games and game–like processes. His most recent book, Making Virtual Worlds: Linden Lab and Second Life (forthcoming, Cornell University Press), is an ethnographic examination of Linden Lab and its relationship to its creation, Second Life. He is also a featured author at the blog Terra Nova.

Sessions

• The Academic Guild: The Interdisciplinary Value of Ongoing Pwnage
  Wednesday, June 10

  2:00–3:00

  Main Lounge (2nd floor, Central)
• A Conversation About Gender and Culture in World of Warcraft
  Thursday, June 11

  3:30–4:30

  Browsing Library (2nd floor, West Central)