Playful Participatory Practices: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections (Perspektiven der Game Studies) - Softcover

 
9783658286187: Playful Participatory Practices: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections (Perspektiven der Game Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3658286180 ISBN 13: 9783658286187
Publisher: Springer VS, 2020

Synopsis

The volume addresses the matter of participatory media practices as playful appropriations within current digital media culture and artistic research. The aim is to explore and trace the shifting boundaries between media production and media use, and to develop concepts and methodologies that work within participatory media cultures. Therefore the articles explore and establish nuanced approaches to the oftentimes playful practices associated with the appropriation of technology.

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About the Author

Dr. Pablo Abend works at the Graduate School Locating Media at the University of Siegen.
Benjamin Beil is Professor of Media Studies & Digital Culture at the Department of Media Culture & Theatre at the University of Cologne.
Vanessa Ossa is a research associate at the Collaborative Research Center 923 "Threatened Order - Societies Under Stress" at the University of Tübingen.

From the Back Cover

The volume addresses the matter of participatory media practices as playful appropriations within current digital media culture and artistic research. The aim is to explore and trace the shifting boundaries between media production and media use, and to develop concepts and methodologies that work within participatory media cultures. Therefore the articles explore and establish nuanced approaches to the oftentimes playful practices associated with the appropriation of technology.

Contents
Playful Participatory Practices.- Institutions in Play: Practices of Legitimation in Games.- Intrinsic Research: a Practice-Based Approach to Computer Game Modding.- Editor Games: Digital Construction Kits at the Beginning and End of a Participatory Gaming Culture.- Ecologies of Friends: Boy Masters of Craft, Live-Streaming, and Pockets of Others.- Modding the Stage.- Digging Deep - Mud as Medium: Playful Encounters with the Soil.- Expanded Game Art and Neurointerfaces as Means ofProdusage.- On Action

Target Groups
Lecturers and students in the fields of media and communications studies

The Editors
Dr. Pablo Abend works at the Graduate School Locating Media at the University of Siegen.
Benjamin Beil is Professor of Media Studies & Digital Culture at the Department of Media Culture & Theatre at the University of Cologne.
Vanessa Ossa is a research associate at the Collaborative Research Center 923 "Threatened Order - Societies Under Stress" at the University of Tübingen.


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Publisher
Springer VS
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3658286180
ISBN 13 
9783658286187
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
166
Editor
Abend Pablo, Beil Benjamin, Ossa Vanessa