[Air-L] Gamevironments: Special Issue "Democracy Dies Playfully" out now
Lisa Kienzl
kienzl at uni-bremen.de
Wed Dec 30 10:05:33 PST 2020
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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