[Air-L] Gamevironments: Special Issue "Democracy Dies Playfully" out now

[Lisa Kienzl]

Dear Colleagues,


we are happy to announce the publishing of GAMEVIRONMENTS' newest 
Special Issue: "Democracy Dies Playfully. (Anti)-Democratic Ideas in and 
Around Video Games" edited by Eugen Pfister, Tobias Winnerling and Felix 
Zimmermann with contributions from:

  * “Discrepancy Detected. Operationalizing Immigration and Borderzone
    Policy in Papers, Please” by David Kocik
  * “Autocracy for the People. Modes of response-able Action and the
    Management of Demise in Frostpunk” by Lars Dolkemeyer
  * "Turning Votes into Victory Points. Politics in Modern Board Games”
    by Torben Quasdorf
  * “The Face of Authority through Sid Meier's Civilization Series” by
    Ruth García Martín, Begoña Cadiñanos Martínez and Pablo Martín Domínguez
  * “The Missing Memorial. The Division 2 and the Politics of Memory” by
    Joseph Meyer
  * “Play America Great Again. Manifestations of Americanness in Cold
    War Themed Video Games” by Regina Seiwald
  * “Videogames about Politics as States of Exception” by Yu Hao
  * “Likers Get Liked. Platform Capitalism and the Precariat in Death
    Stranding” by Ryan House
  * “Imperialism and Fascism Intertwined. A Materialist Analysis of the
    Games Industry and Reactionary Gamers” by Emil Lundedal Hammar
  * “It Was Just a Joke. Demagoguery, Humor, and Video Game Streaming”
    by Jacob Euteneuer and Josiah Meints
  * “At the Edge of Utopia. Esports, Neoliberalism and the Gamer
    Culture’s Descent into Madness” by Thiago Falcão, Daniel Marques,
    Ivan Mussa and Tarcízio Macedo
  * “Code of Resistance. On the Potential of Digital Games and Game Jams
    for Civic Education” by Michael Laumer and Marcel Kabaum
  * “Projekt CH+ Games for Democracy. User-Friendly Political
    Self-Education through Entertainment Design” by Sophie Walker
  * “Interview with Jörg Friedrich on Procedural Rhetoric in his Game
    Through the Darkest of Times” by Elisa Budian
  * “Wir sind das Volk! Agitprop between East and West Germany” by Anton
    Oehmsen-Clark


You find all papers and further information on our website: 
https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/completed-quests/.

Best wishes,

Lisa
managing editor gamevironments

-- Dr. Dr. Lisa Kienzlmanaging editor gamevironments wissenschaftliche 
Mitarbeiterin | postdoctoral researcherArbeitsgebiet Literaturen und 
Medien der Religionen | Literature and Media of Religions(Pronomen: 
sie/ihr. Pronouns: she/her) Universität Bremen | University of Bremen 
Institut für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik | Institute of 
Religious Studies and Religious EducationSportturm (SpT) Postfach 330 
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