ContentsList of contributors viiiAcknowledgements xiii1 Introduction 1Noha Lea Halim and Sofie SchönbornPART I DOWN THE DIGITAL RABBITHOLE: IDENTITY,REPRESENTATION AND GENDER - WHO AM I,WHO ARE WE?Introduction to part I 14Noha Lea Halim and Sofie Schönborn2 Alice meets herself and others: understanding the relevanceof diverse representation, identification, and immersiveexperience in the Metaverse 17Bethany Rhea Thomas and Auxane Boch3 Alice between gendered violence and empowerment:implications for a feminist metaverse 39Nikola Szirota4 Wonderland rebooted: Alice's gaming odyssey in theMetaverse 57Auxane Boch and Bethany Rhea ThomasPART II NEGOTIATIONS ON GOVERNANCE, POWER ANDAGENCY - WHO PLAYS BY WHAT RULESIntroduction to part II 77Noha Lea Halim and Sofie Schönborn5 Virtual selves, real consequences: understanding power in ahybrid world 81Daniel Matter6 AI on trial - exploring agency, accountability, and legalpersonhood in a digital wonderland 95Darius Torabi7 Debating virtual wonderland: individual agency,responsibility, and emerging questions for metaversegovernance 112David Torabi8 Echo without echoes: a creator's paradox 135Ivan DaldossPART III AND WHAT REMAINS? PRIVACY, ANONYMITYAND LEGAL PROTECTIONSIntroduction to part III 137Noha Lea Halim and Sofie Schönborn9 Through the Looking Glass: AI as an inventor in the Metaverse 140Konstantinos Tsakiliotis10 Virtual jurisdictions and data protection in cross-borderarbitration: a comparative analysis of India and Switzerland inthe age of the Metaverse 157Somya Singh11 Are we at risk of Alice in Wonderland syndrome? 189Mark FindlayPART IV TECHNOLOGIES OF POSSIBILITY:EMANCIPATION AND EMBODIMENTIntroduction to part IV 194Noha Lea Halim and Sofie Schönborn12 The chaos of blockchain-based dispute resolutionmechanisms: lessons learnt from the Queen's croquet inWonderland 197Narges Keshavarz Bahadori13 Touching wonderland: the emancipatory power of haptics inthe Metaverse 220Jonathan Fiene and Philipp MüllerPART V BACK UP THE DIGITAL RABBIT HOLEIntroduction to part V 232Noha Lea Halim and Sofie Schönborn14 Dreaming on the riverbank - governance and power? 233Mark Findlay15 A kaleidoscope of ideas and perspectives about the Metaverse 247.