Abstract
Game Studies is an interdisciplinary field of research in which a wide variety of approaches and research questions have been formulated. Although environmentalists have repeatedly problematized the treatment and depiction of animal life in computer games, there exist only a very limited number of ecocritical approaches to the medium. This contribution gives an overview of said approaches and relates it to the by-now established ecocritical approach to literature, in order to sketch a method for a generalizable ecocritical approach to computer games. The proposed heuristic matrix is meant to highlight games' potential for provoking engagement with ecological questions and to demonstrate the medium-specific ways of engaging with encounters of with the non-human environment.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Titel | Literatur und Ökologie : Neue literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven |
| Redaktører | Christiane Solte-Gresser, Claudia Schmitt |
| Udgivelsessted | Bielefeld |
| Forlag | Aisthesis Verlag |
| Publikationsdato | 2018 |
| Sider | 171-184 |
| ISBN (Trykt) | 978-3-8498-1102-0 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2018 |
| Begivenhed | Literature and Ecology: Triennial Conference of the German Comparative Literature Association - Campus Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Tyskland Varighed: 10 jun. 2014 → 13 jun. 2014 http://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Professoren/fr41_ProfSolteGresser/Dokumente/Forschung/Literatur_und_%C3%96kologie/Tagung/Programm.pdf |
Konference
| Konference | Literature and Ecology |
|---|---|
| Lokation | Campus Saarbrücken |
| Land/Område | Tyskland |
| By | Saarbrücken |
| Periode | 10/06/2014 → 13/06/2014 |
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Emneord
- Game Studies
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Ecocriticism
- Animal Depiction in Games
- Environmental Engagement in Games