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1xbet online casino DONATES TO REMODEL SEMINAR ROOM IN WATERS HALL

MANHATTAN -- A newly remodeled seminar 1xbet online casino in Kansas State University's Waters Hall will be dedicated at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3.

The project was made possible by National Geographic, which donated funds to remodel 201A Waters Hall in recognition of K-State's Michael 1xbet online casino , associate professor of cultural anthropology.

&1xbet online casino ;We are naming the room the Digital Exploration Collaboratory or the Deck, for the deck of a ship, as it is a symbol of the collaborative journeys we hope to embark upon from there,&1xbet online casino ; Wesch said.

The National Geographic Society named Wesch one of its &1xbet online casino ;Emerging Explorers&1xbet online casino ; for 2009. He gained recognition from the society for his work in digital ethnography and for being named the 2008 national professor of the year for research/doctoral universities.

&1xbet online casino ;Digital ethnography is the study of how different cultures both use and are used by digital technologies, how they shape the tools, and how the tools, in return, shape them,&1xbet online casino ; Wesch said.

Perhaps his most famous work is a video he created to launch K-State's Digital Ethnography Working Group. Released Jan. 31, 2007, the YouTube video &1xbet online casino ;Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us&1xbet online casino ; has been viewed more than 12 million times and translated into 18 languages.

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