Amelia Guimarin
UC Irvine - Anthropology
Three Expertise Keywords:
identity, the body, youth
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Why Digital Media and Learning?
I believe in a common project around “learning and digital media” because . . .
transmitting culture through digital media is already common practice.
Recent Posts:
Description of Current Work:
I’m currently interested in the embodiment of identity through the use of online social networking profiles, particularly on websites such as MySpace, MyDeathSpace, and BME.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
Presentations:
Illustrating Identity: Body Piercing and Photography
105th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.2006.
In the Flesh: Body Piercing as a Form of Commodity-Based Identity
Undergraduate Research Oppurtunities Symposium. UC Irvine. 2005.
Papers:
In the Flesh: Body Piercing as a Form of Commodity-Based Identity and Ritual Rite of Passage
Honors Undergraduate Thesis. Department of Anthropology. UC Irvine. 2005.
