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Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I welcome your viewpoints, eloquently formulated as they are, and will certainly consider them as I continue my academic career.

Hi Tex Monday, Thank you very much for your patient and understanding reply. I can't say it's entirely unexpected. By no means did we mean to offend with our request. We're conducting this research as part of an interview assignment. If it was something we could investigate on our own, we would be more than willing to put in the required time and effort to do so, but in this case that's not a possibility. As such, while I entirely understand the community's lack of enthusiasm (and even possible anger) at being regularly approached for random surveys, research, questions, etc., I nonetheless find myself in the unfortunate position of having to rely on the kindness of strangers. So if, despite everything, there's anybody willing and able to help, we'd be extremely grateful. Kind regards, Diego (on behalf of the rest)

Hi Second Lifers! Do you want to participate in a small, fun, and interesting research study on, and within, Second Life? We’re looking for artists of all kinds, both visual or performing artists, such as: dancers, models, painters, sculptors, designers, musicians, and other performers or expressions of artistic intent. We’re a group of four anthropology students (three girls and one guy) from the Utrecht University in the Netherlands. You’ll be helping us with a small research study on the topic of identity and how you see yourself. Identity informs who we are, how we think, and what we do. This research will be looking at how online and offline activities intersect and influence each other, and how they affect the way you see yourself. We hope this research will offer you, members of the Second Life community and other online networks, more insight into what it means to be active in the digital world, and how this shapes the way you see yourself. We’re looking for Second Life artists, regardless of offline and real-world ability who have been active as artists for at least six months. As stated above, that includes all forms of art, both fine arts and performing arts. For this research we’d like to conduct a short interview of around 30, but no more than 60, minutes. We’ll contact you using Skype or Facebook video chat, or, if you live in the Netherlands, we could even meet in person. This is a scientific research project, and will be held to all standards thereby implied. As such all information we receive is treated as totally confidential. Unless given express written permission, we will never release your name, online or offline, or any other personally identifiable information. It is important to us that you feel comfortable participating in this research. Your participation at every stage is entirely voluntary, and you can back out at any time. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask them, either by replying to this post, or by sending us an email at: e.destrijcker@students.uu.nl Gr, Diego, Sinde, Tirza, and Isabel