Game Cultures Research Cluster

Description

This cluster takes a range of approaches to researching both digital and non-digital games in contemporary and historical contexts.

The cluster is interested in the textual qualities of games, and their paratextual and metatextual surrounds; in players/gamers, the discussions they have about games and their productive responses in relation to them; and in the games industry, and the political and cultural institutions which create the landscape within which games are created, played and understood. The cluster incorporates people and approaches from Game Studies and Media Studies, but also from other fields including Historical Studies, Fan Studies and Education.

The main themes emerging from the cluster's work at present concern historical game studies; the practices of players as fans; the textuality of (video)games; player narratives and play experience; national/transnational representation; and adaptation and localisation. In addition, the different intellectual dimensions within the cluster create a productive tension between humanist and post-humanist approaches which reinforce the quality of our work.

The cluster's areas of activity include:

• Historical game studies
• Video game narratives and adaptation
• History and (video)game communities, including fan cultures
• Video games and cultural policy
• Textuality of games
• Games and national/transnational identity
• Posthumanism and video games

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Birmingham City University
Birmingham

Birmingham City University
Birmingham