Are Islamic Countries Ready For The Metaverse Social Field In Terms Of Meta Economic Capital? A Cross-sectional Evaluation in the Context of Economic Complexity and the Global Innovation Index

Year 2023, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 10 - 41, 15.03.2023

Betül Can

https://doi.org/10.51702/esoguifd.1213159

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Metaverse technologies, one of the biggest developments in science and technology in the last century, are expected to be the catalyst for major paradigmatic changes in both the social and individual arenas. The metaverse universe, which is most likely to bring about both crisis and opportunity, will create major changes in education, management, trade, social relations, game, and entertainment practices; leading to the deconstruction of the meaning of life and knowledge. At this point, it is an important question who will be the actors of this change and in which values, the mentioned changes will occur? As a matter of fact, technology and informatics giants seem to be candidates to be authorities who will determine the norms, values, and practices of the new meta cosmological era. When the metaverse society in question is evaluated as a cyber-social field, it is expected that the leaders of this new field will be the owners of the meta economic capital. Owners of commodity economic power, the meta field actors’ habitus, which is the mechanism producing the action; relations, and dynamics in the field, will determine the field's norms, values, and classification systems. In this study, Malaysia, Türkiye, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Indonesia are determined as the representation of Islamic countries. In this context, a projection of their meta economic capital will be kept to evaluate these countries' possibilities to take a position in the power field of the metaverse society, which is a new global social field. A comparative descriptive analysis will be carried out on the meta economic capitals of these countries, based on the macro data obtained within the scope of the product space analysis, which is the visualization of the economic complexity index that measures the knowledge, skills, and technological competencies of society.

Keywords

Sociology of Religion, Meta Social Field, Meta Economic Capital, Economic Complexity

Metaverse Sosyal Alanına Meta Ekonomik Sermaye Açısından İslam Ülkeleri Ne Kadar Hazır?Ürün Uzayı Bağlamında Kesitsel Bir Değerlendirme

Abstract

Son yüzyılın bilim ve teknoloji alanındaki en büyük gelişmelerinden olan metaverse teknolojilerinin, toplumsal ve bireysel arenada büyük paradigmatik değişimlerin katalizörü olması beklenmektedir. Hem kriz hem de fırsat yaratması muhtemel olan metaverse alanı, küresel dünya vatandaşlarının eğitim, yönetim, ticaret, sosyal ilişkiler, oyun ve eğlence pratiklerinde önemli değişimler meydana getirmiştir. Değişen bu durumlarla birlikte hayatın anlamı ve bilginin inşasında mevcut durumun yapıbozumuna uğraması muhtemeldir. Tam bu noktada mevcut ve gelecekteki olası değişimlerin aktörlerinin kimin olacağı ve hangi değerler doğrultusunda sözü edilen değişimlerin meydana geleceği önemli bir sorudur. Nitekim teknoloji ve bilişim devleri, yeni meta kozmolojik dönemin normlarını, değerlerini ve pratiklerini belirleyecek otoriteler olmaya aday görünmektedir. Söz konusu metaverse toplumu siber bir meta sosyal alan olarak değerlendirildiğinde bu yeni alanın liderleri, meta ekonomik sermayenin sahipleri olması öngörülmektedir. Meta ekonomik iktidar sahipleri, alandaki aktörlerin habituslarını (eylemi üreten mekanizmaları); alandaki ilişkileri ve dinamikleri, alanın normlarını, değerlerini ve sınıflandırma sistemlerini belirleyecektir. Bu kapsamda söz konusu çalışmada, Malezya, Türkiye, Katar, Suudi Arabistan, İran, Endonezya olmak üzere seçilmiş İslam ülkelerinin yeni bir küresel sosyal alan olan metaverse toplumunun güç alanında konum alabilmesi ve bu kapsamda alanın meta habituslarını belirleyebilme olasılıklarının değerlendirilmesi amacıyla, ilgili ülkelerin meta ekonomik sermayelerine yönelik bir projeksiyon sunulması hedeflenmiştir. Bir toplumun bilgi, beceri ve teknolojik yetkinliklerini ölçen ekonomik karmaşıklık endeksinin görselleştirilmiş hali olan ürün uzayı analizi kapsamında elde edilen makro verilerden hareketle bu ülkelerin meta ekonomik sermayeleri hakkında karşılaştırmalı betimsel bir analiz gerçekleştirilecektir.

Keywords

Din Sosyolojisi, Metaverse, Meta Sosyal Alan, Meta Habitus, Meta Ekonomik Sermaye, Ekonomik Karmaşıklık

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