Avatar Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatarsnot as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical theoretical technical and popular understandings of these avatar components60 in totalaltogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience. The volume is a crossover piece in that while it delves into complex ideas it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students researchers designers and practitioners alike. Language: English