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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Literatur und Ökologie : Neue literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven |
| Editors | Christiane Solte-Gresser, Claudia Schmitt |
| Place of Publication | Bielefeld |
| Publisher | Aisthesis Verlag |
| Publication date | 2018 |
| Pages | 171-184 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-8498-1102-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | Literature and Ecology: Triennial Conference of the German Comparative Literature Association - Campus Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany Duration: 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 |
Conference
| Conference | Literature and Ecology |
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| Location | Campus Saarbrücken |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Saarbrücken |
| Period | 10/06/2014 → 13/06/2014 |
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Keywords
- Game Studies
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Ecocriticism
- Animal Depiction in Games
- Environmental Engagement in Games