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SiRC Visiting Scholars - 2007

Name: Andrade, Norberto Nuno

Affiliation: Law Department of the European University Institute

Research Updates: Virtual Worlds - The Place of Law in New Digital Environments

Norberto Gomes de Andrade is a Portuguese Researcher pursuing a Doctoral degree at the Law Department of the European University Institute (EUI), in Florence, Italy. Norberto is currently studying the legal issues that emerge from new digital environments (popularly known as “Virtual Worlds”) and the implications deriving from the rise of this new social order for our understanding of law. His present work concerns the conceptualization of these social platforms, also designated as MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games), as legal orders. His areas of interest also cover legal informatics, telecommunications and computer law, in particular intellectual property and privacy issues. Within the EUI, Norberto is one of the co-founders and organizers of the “InfoSoc Working Group”, dealing with the legal, socio-political, historical and economic aspects of the Information Society. Norberto has worked previously as a legal expert at the External Relations Department of the Portuguese Regulatory Authority for Communications, in Lisbon, Portugal. A Law graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Norberto has also been awarded with a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and European Studies by the Central European University, in Budapest, Hungary.

Name: Natalies Pang

Affiliation: Caulfield School of Information Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Project title: Participation by Cultural Institutions in the Contemporary Media Environment

The report starts with establishing the contemporary media environment using insights from the literature. This is discussed with a focus on participation and how it is facilitated through the media environment. Some applications are discussed as examples. Key characteristics are then discussed using insights from the literature and from qualitative interviews. Over the course of the study, stakeholders from museums and libraries, volunteers and communities in Singapore have been interviewed, assessing the ways cultural institutions are making use of contemporary media environment to harness participation or be participants, and their perceived benefits and challenges. The report ends with a short discussion of the study’s implications to collective action theory, cultural institutions, and the characteristics of common-pool
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Visiting Scholars Information Year 2007 Year 2004		SiRC Visiting Scholars - 2007 Name: Andrade, Norberto Nuno Affiliation: Law Department of the European University Institute Research Updates: Virtual Worlds - The Place of Law in New Digital Environments Norberto Gomes de Andrade is a Portuguese Researcher pursuing a Doctoral degree at the Law Department of the European University Institute (EUI), in Florence, Italy. Norberto is currently studying the legal issues that emerge from new digital environments (popularly known as “Virtual Worlds”) and the implications deriving from the rise of this new social order for our understanding of law. His present work concerns the conceptualization of these social platforms, also designated as MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games), as legal orders. His areas of interest also cover legal informatics, telecommunications and computer law, in particular intellectual property and privacy issues. Within the EUI, Norberto is one of the co-founders and organizers of the “InfoSoc Working Group”, dealing with the legal, socio-political, historical and economic aspects of the Information Society. Norberto has worked previously as a legal expert at the External Relations Department of the Portuguese Regulatory Authority for Communications, in Lisbon, Portugal. A Law graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Norberto has also been awarded with a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and European Studies by the Central European University, in Budapest, Hungary. Name: Natalies Pang Affiliation: Caulfield School of Information Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Project title: Participation by Cultural Institutions in the Contemporary Media Environment The report starts with establishing the contemporary media environment using insights from the literature. This is discussed with a focus on participation and how it is facilitated through the media environment. Some applications are discussed as examples. Key characteristics are then discussed using insights from the literature and from qualitative interviews. Over the course of the study, stakeholders from museums and libraries, volunteers and communities in Singapore have been interviewed, assessing the ways cultural institutions are making use of contemporary media environment to harness participation or be participants, and their perceived benefits and challenges. The report ends with a short discussion of the study’s implications to collective action theory, cultural institutions, and the characteristics of common-pool resources.