[ecrea] annoucement: II Conference on Historical Game Studies (UCM)

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*ANNOUNCEMENT: *

*II CONFERENCE ON HISTORICAL GAME STUDIES (UCM)*

APRIL 12th AND 13th

AULA 35 Y SALÓN DE ACTOS - FACULTAD DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

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The Cultural Theory and History Seminar (Department of Modern and 
Contemporary History, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) proudly 
announces the 2^nd edition of its Conference on Historical Game Studies. 
Following the footsteps of the first edition, we want the Conference to 
become a space for the criticism and reflection on computer games with 
historical themes. The first Conference, whose excellent reception has 
motivated the continuation of the project, was recorded in video and can 
be watched on Youtube (channel: Seminario Historia y Teoría Cultura 
ShyTC). Additionally, thanks to the aid of the research project 
Collapsed Empires (HAR2015-64155-P, FEDER), this year we will have *Adam 
Chapman*, one of the most influential researchers in the historical game 
studies discipline, deliver a keynote speech about the current situation 
and future of historical games. The languages of the Conference are 
English and Spanish. Entrance is free of charge until seating capacity 
is reached.

*Historical game studies as a new discipline:*

Although relatively young, video games constitute a powerful mass 
communication and consuption medium that has generated ways of 
representing the past which challenge traditional forms of making and 
consuming history. However, their content and politics of representation 
are still under the influence of different historiographical schools, 
popular history and collective memory. Furthermore, the interactive 
nature of games allows the exploration of historical events and 
processes in unprecedent ways. On the other hand, design, production and 
distribution pressures that characterize the industrial logics of the 
medium inevitably shape the historical content of the products and 
generate tensions between their ludic goals and authentic depictions of 
the past. This goes in adition to the strong ideological background of 
the video game as a cultural artefact. Finally, the multiple ways of 
consumption that emanate from different types of players and expressed 
in related media contribute to diversify and democratize our shared 
pasts. Each and one of these topics are worth the attention of 
researchers, who have been gathering for the last half decade under the 
/historical game studies /label. Coming from disparate areas such as 
History, Philosophy, and Media Studies (to cite a few examples), their 
different approaches have made /historical game studies /a truly 
multidisciplinar field.

*Programme:*

April 12th (Aula 35)

¾Opening and Keynote Speech (9:00-10:30)

oAdam Chapman (University of Gothenburg) /The State of Historical Play: 
Games as Popular History./

¾Workshop 1 (11:00-13:00) Historical conflicts and videogames:

oAdriaan Odendaal (Aalborg University), /The “Amoral” Afrikaner as 
Enemy: Representation and Simulation of an Apartheid-era Trope in 
Triple-A Video Games./

oJan Gonzalo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), /Jugando tras el Telón de 
Acero: La Guerra Fría revisitada por los juegos de mesa de Europa del Este./

oSergio García Pujades (Universidad Popular de Logroño) y Pablo Aguirre 
Herráinz (Universidad de Zaragoza) /Jugando a la guerra que acabaría con 
todas las guerras: análisis de las ludonarrativas y relato histórico en 
el videojuego Battlefield I./

¾Lunch break (13:00-15:00)

¾Workshop 2 (15:00-17:00) Historical controversies in videogames:

oLara Pérez García (Universidad del País Vasco – Euskal Herriko 
Unibertsitatea) /Episodios conflictivos de la historia a través de los 
videojuegos. //El Terror blanco de Taiwán en Detention/

oLeylianne Alves Viera y Rodrigo Campanella Gonçalves Barbosa 
(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) /Prison Island: dictadura, juegos 
digitales y memoria de la tortura en Brasil/

oCarlos Ramírez (Universidad de Sevilla), /La conquista de América en 
los videojuegos. Relaciones de poder entre indígenas y conquistadores en 
The Seven Cities of Gold/

April 13th (Salón de Actos)

¾Workshop 3 (9:00-11:00) Reception and fan production in videogames:

oMichael Facius (Freie Universität Berlin) /Navigating cultural space in 
Nioh/

oKarla Zavala Barreda (Aalborg University) /Remixing Chicha Culture: The 
History of Peru’s Informal Economy and Embodiment of its Cultural Value 
System/

oNick Webber, E. Charlotte Stevens (Birmingham City University) 
/History, fandom and online game communities./

¾Workshop 4 (11:30 -13:30) Design and production of historical videogames:

oCarlos López Hernando (Risin Goat Indie Game Studio) /A Rite from the 
Stars: el uso de la arqueología y la antropología en el diseño de un 
videojuego./

oManuel Alejandro Cruz Martínez (University of Sussex) /Investigar 
diseñando: el diseño de videojuegos históricos como método de 
investigación./

oBen Redder y Gareth Schott (University of Waikato, New Zealand) 
/Achieving Historical Authenticity Through Ludic Expression in Titanic: 
Honor and Glory./

For additional information, please contact (seminariohytcultura /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(seminariohytcultura /at/ gmail.com)>


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