Hjorth / Richardson / Davies Exploring Minecraft

Ethnographies of Play and Creativity
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-59908-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 189 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book directs critical attention to one of the most ubiquitous and yet under-analyzed games,  Minecraft.  Drawing on three years of ethnographic fieldwork into mobile games in Australian homes, the authors seek to take  Minecraft  seriously as a cultural practice. The book examines how  Minecraft  players engage in a form of gameplay that is uniquely intergenerational, creative, and playful, and which moves ambivalently throughout everyday life. At the intersection of digital media, quotidian literacy, and ethnography, the book situates interdisciplinary debates around mundane play through the lens of  Minecraft.  Ultimately,  Exploring Minecraft  seeks to coalesce the discussion between formal and informal learning, fostering new forms of digital media creativity and ethnographic innovation around the analysis of games in everyday life.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hjorth, Larissa

Richardson, Ingrid

Davies, Hugh

Balmford, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Phenomenon.- 2. Exploring Play.- 3. Understanding Play.- 4. Play Practices and Modalities.- 5. Metagaming and Paratextual Play.- 6. Playing at Home.- 7. Institutional Play Spaces.- 8. Playing during and post COVID-19 pandemic.

Über Autor(innen)

Larissa Hjorth  is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Design & Creative Practice Platform at RMIT University, Australia. Ingrid Richardson  is Professor in the School of Media & Communication at RMIT University, Australia. Hugh Davies  is a postdoctoral fellow in the Design & Creative Practice Platform at RMIT University, Australia. William Balmford  has a PhD in media and communications from RMIT University, Australia.