Reflections on "Post-human anthropology"

After reading Whitehead's article, I understand that in order to study the Internet anthropologically it makes sense that ethnographers need to create the location and means of study themselves to see it first hand. It's hard to just follow people on the Internet. because their is no basis of location or personal observation. There is the observation and control though with a personal creation like Blood Jewel. It is not a physical location, but it is a community that is centered around you - so all interaction is filtered through you.

I had no idea really what post-human meant before a few days ago, and this article certainly solidified my conception of that term. Like the author, I see it as not a reduction of humanity, but an extension of the human identity. As we have discussed in Digital Ethnography class, maybe the different identities we apply on the Internet is an extension of ourselves that was that few people knew existed before - or even now as we mentioned in class with the identity people portray on Facebook. That may be where the importance of anonymity may come into fruition. Without that anonymity, people would be scared of the social consequences of those actions. Now those actions are out in the open - good and bad.