Category: talks
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The View from Berlin: Why Physical Place Matters in the Study of Virtual Goods, Markets, and Worlds
July 2022 I’m currently in Berlin, where I’m conducting ethnographic fieldwork among the city’s NFT community, including artists, collectors, technologists, and entrepreneurs. In other words, I’m studying this globally distributed technology from a single physical setting—one with a distinctive geography, history, and ethos. Based on what I’ve seen here so far, I’d argue that when…
Spencer Kaplan 