Geschichte und Erinnerung in Computerspielen: Erinnerungskulturelle Wissenssysteme

Nico Nolden

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020

Geschichte und Erinnerung in Computerspielen

Erinnerungskulturelle Wissenssysteme

Commemorative Systems of Cultural Knowledge in Computer Games: The Digital Staging of History in Massively Multiplayer Online Networks

Nico Nolden

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110586053

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About this book

This historical study develops a working model to investigate digital games with historical stagings as knowledge systems for commemorative cultures. A research overview identifies shortcomings in the historical approach to digital games that numerous examples and preliminary works from other disciplines help to solve. As a result, the study reveals components of the knowledge system and epistemological interests. Considering their media characteristics leads to a concept of the Historical of digital games, a reference system for gaming experiences, and ways of accessing commemorative cultures. Applied empirically to the online role-playing game The Secret World, the model brings together insights into historical knowledge systems, user perspectives and commemorative cultures that are linked to issues of historical fields of work. Thus, this study advances the exploration of digital games as a historical subject and, through impulses to the fields of work, historical science itself.

Author information

Nico Nolden, Universität Hamburg

Reviews

"Nico Nolden liefert mit der vorliegenden Dissertation sowohl einen umfangreichen Überblick über bisherige Forschungsansätze als auch ein Theoriemodell mit daraus abgeleiteter Methode zur Untersuchung der historischen Wissenssysteme in digitalen Spielen." Ulli Engst in: H-Soz-Kult, 15.04.2020, www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-29516

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Vorwort Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Inhalt Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Tabellenverzeichnis Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
1. Einführung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Digitale Spiele, Geschichtswissenschaft und der Forschungsstand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Die Erweiterung des Arbeitsfeldes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
4. Vorstoß in verborgene Welten – Das Erinnerungskulturelle Wissenssystem von The Secret World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
5. Erinnerungskulturelle Wissensysteme in digitalen Spielen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	534
Quellenverzeichnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	545

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 654
Keywords: Public history; media history; staging

eBook

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110586053

Hardcover

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110583106

Paperback

Published: January 31, 2022
ISBN: 9783110776829