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Alanagh Recreant 39, Female
Cape Town, South Africa

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My few months as Intern in Cape Town

It has been a lot of fun to work with Uthango, but also extremely tough at times!

Being a Social Work Intern at Uthango!

Sharing my experience of the past few months here in Cape Town, South Africa

Volunteers across the world join Uthango...

Second Life (R) creates a recruitment platform for volunteers...
 

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Alanagh Recreant added the blog post 'Nelson Mandela Tribute in Second Life...' Jul 18
Alanagh Recreant joined the group Second Life Jun 26
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Alanagh Recreant added the blog post 'Bicycle Project in Second Life - an experiment with FL/SL integration...' Feb 15

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Where You Live:
Cape Town
Job Title:
Executive Director
Company or Firm Affiliation:
Uthango Social Investments
About Me:
Founder of Virtual Africa in virtual worlds...
Co-Executive Director of Uthango Social Investments, non-profit company dealing with asset-based development in Africa through innovation and sustainability bes practice.
Website:
http://slafrica.wordpress.com
If you use virtual worlds in your business, what is your primary use or intended use:
Advocacy for our projects; sharing best practice in development
Which virtual worlds platforms do you prefer:
Currently, Second Life

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Nelson Mandela Tribute in Second Life...

Uthango is pleased to announce the company teams up with several other communities to celebrate the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela today. We will also facilitate a month of celebrations and tributes across the grid, and would like to hear from anyone who will be hosting a special event, creating a build or exhibiting artwork in honor of this great global leader and states person. There is a more detailed write-up about the exciting initiative, Madiba… Continue

Posted on July 18th, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments (Add)

Bicycle Project in Second Life - an experiment with FL/SL integration...

Just a quick note for those of you who have not seen this post "Reflections while riding a virtual african bicycle" yet: I am continue to think that we are just starting out on discovering the applications of virtual worlds. I some times feel I "get" it and other times, I wonder... what am I DOING???

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Posted on February 15th, 2008 at 10:30am — 2 Comments (Add)

Relationship Economics, Virtual Worlds and SL Africa!

Please find a mega-post on our official project blogsite: Africa in Virtual Worlds

We discuss the place of social networks in Africa and how virtual worlds, such as Second Life, could play a role to connect people globally.

Looking forward to comments, feedback...


Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 11:50am — No Comments (Add)

Trust, Virtual Worlds and Identity...

A recent discussion at the Community Builders initiative of Cybergrrl Oh (SL) triggered a range of questions in my head that require some attention...with the most important:

What is the place of trust in virtual worlds?

A gut reaction would be to say, "of course! a no brainer! it is crucial" - but lets not assume the possible obvious. It is after all the age of transparency, and corporate and personal values inform interaction in a profound and practical way across social netw… Continue

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 at 10:28am — 1 Comment (Add)

Inworld Productions to develop African simulated environment!

We are excited to announce to the world the chosen developers of our first phase African simulated environment, to be based in Second Life. We plan many big things (in the words of a friend). Please visit our blog, Africa in Virtual Worlds for more information:

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Posted on December 12th, 2007 at 7:43am — No Comments (Add)

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At 10:33am on June 26th, 2008, Alanagh Recreant said…
I could not agree more!
At 8:58am on June 26th, 2008, Myron Curtis said…
Thank you. The virtual worlds have the potential of uniting RL in ways never seen before. Lets hope we do it right the first time.
At 10:58pm on November 28th, 2007, Chris Sherman said…
thanks for the kind words. delighted to be of service. :)
At 1:00am on November 28th, 2007, Sophrosyne Stenvaag said…
Hey sweetie!!!
 
 

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