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On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space

Description:

This dissertation examines digitally-mediated identity and community construction through the lens of the Otherkin, a group of several thousand people who identify as other-than-human. They recognize their biological humanness, but nonetheless experience non-human memories, urges, and sensations....

Author:

Proctor, Devin

Keyword:

media studies, ontology, Otherkin, Internet culture, Digital Anthropology, and animism

GW Unit:

Anthropology

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Dent, Alexander and Wagner, Sarah

Committee Member(s):

Kelty, Christopher, Grinker, Roy Richard, and Allen, Catherine

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation