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(2009) New realities, Dordrecht, Springer.
The island Syncretia, situated in the metaverse of Second Life, is the future home of ground 〈c〉, a metaverse learning environment dedicated to the enablement of creativity and inspired primarily by "The Groundcourse", Roy Ascott's art educational methodology developed and practised during the 1960's. Combining cybernetics and constructivist educational theory, The Groundcourse devised a flexible structur, "within which everything can find its place and every individual his way". The outcome was a 2 year art foundation course, the aim of which was to create an environment which would "enable the student to become aware of himself and the world, while enabling him to give dimension and substance to his will to create and change", achieved through a drastic breaking down of preconceptions related to self, art and creativity.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-78891-2_5
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Ayiter, E. (2009)., Syncretia: a sojourn into the uncanny valley, in R. Ascott, G. Bast, W. Fiel, M. Jahrmann & R. Schnell (eds.), New realities, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 26-29.
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