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Beil, Benjamin; Rauscher, Andreas

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“…Wie Mitchell festhält, ist das, was als ›Viktorianisches Zeitalter‹ bezeichnet wird, »best understood in terms of its contradictions and discrepancies« 632 und es sollte gerade nicht das Ziel sein, diese Gegensätze einseitig aufzulösen: »The difficulty is not to discover which of these images truly represents the Victorian era but to determine which images have prevailed when and to what purposes«. 633 Syndicate ist deswegen als Artefakt so interessant, weil es genau in diesem Sinne keine Festlegung vornimmt, sondern mit seinem komplexen Atmosphärenprofil eher ein Konglomerat dessen anbietet, was auf einer affektiven Ebene mit dem Viktorianischen in Verbindung gebracht wird. Es zeigt, dass das, was heute als Neo-Viktorianisch in populären Vergangenheitsdarstellungen bezeichnet wird, -wie Louttit und Louttit bereits vermuteten -vor allem auch geprägt ist von »look and mood«, 634 vom Impliziten und Unbewussten, das als Vergangenheitsatmosphäre greifbar wird.…”

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“…634 Louttit/Louttit 2018 groben Vereinfachungen, die ein solches Vergangenheitserleben mit sich bringen kann. 635 Wie Mitchell betont, spielt das Viktorianische Zeitalter »a central role in our representations of ourselves, to ourselves«, 636 fungiert es als wichtiges identitätsstiftendes Element, sowohl in der Betonung von Gegensätzen wie von Gemeinsamkeiten. »A period that can be cast in terms of its elegance, propriety, and imperial grandeur and, equally, in terms of its squalor, poverty, discrimination and humanitarian neglect, offers ample resources for praise or censure, emulation or disclamation«, 637 ergänzt Mitchell, und genau als eine solche Ressource positionieren auch die Entwickler:innen von Syndicate ihre Imagination eines vergangenen viktorianischen Londons.…”

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Zimmermann¹

2023

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Atmosphären sind überall: am Arbeitsplatz, im Fußballstadion, vor dem knisternden Kaminfeuer. Sie prägen unsere Alltagssprache und sind ganz selbstverständlich gewordener Ausdruck dessen, wie wir uns in bestimmten Umgebungen befinden und wie wir diese empfinden. Ihr Einfluss ist weitreichend: Ästhetische Atmosphären sind eng verbunden mit einer gegenwärtigen erlebnisorientierten Geschichtskultur, deren Produkte und Praktiken behaupten, einen unmittelbaren Kontakt mit der Vergangenheit herzustellen. Mit den ›Vergangenheitsatmosphären‹ bietet Felix Zimmermann erstmals einen Begriff an, um dieses Streben nach Unmittelbarkeit adäquat beschreiben zu können. Anhand tiefgehender Analysen der Digitalen Spiele »Anno 1800« (2019), »Assassin’s Creed Syndicate« (2015) und »Dishonored: Die Maske des Zorns« (2012) wird der Begriff konturiert und die Produktivität einer an Theorien und Methoden der Public History, Game Studies und Phänomenologie geschulten Atmosphärenforschung unter Beweis gestellt.

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“…VR additionally offers opportunities for tailoring, for example, by using genderspecific avatars that reflect the user's identity in a virtual environment [22] in order both to increase the user's ability to identify with the avatar and to create gender-specific scenarios. Gender-specific interventions are being called for in alcohol prevention in order to address differences in consumption patterns between girls and boys [23,24].…”

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LGBTQIA+ Adolescents’ Perceptions of Gender Tailoring and Portrayal in a Virtual-Reality-Based Alcohol-Prevention Tool: A Qualitative Interview Study and Thematic Analysis

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Heinrichs

Tezcan-Güntekin

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IJERPH

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Gender-sensitive interventions in alcohol-prevention that target adolescents often lead to binary tailoring for girls and boys. However, increased societal and legal recognition of sexual and gender minorities as well as research with this age group demand a broader understanding of gender. Therefore, the present study addresses the question of how interventions should be further developed to include sexual and gender diversity by exploring LGBTQIA+ adolescents’ perceptions of gender portrayal and gender-tailoring using Virtual LimitLab—a virtual-reality simulation for training refusal skills under peer pressure to consume alcohol. Qualitative interviews with 16 LGBTQIA+ adolescents were conducted after individual simulation testing. Using a thematic analysis with reflexive orientation, four themes were identified: Statements on relevance of gender, opinions on tailoring- and flirting options, and opinions on characters. Participants called for greater diversity representation among the characters, regarding gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as for representing, e.g., racialised peers. Moreover, participants suggested expanding the simulation’s flirting options by adding bisexual and aromantic/asexual options. Divergent views on the relevance of gender and wishes for tailoring options reflected the participant group’s heterogeneity. Based on these findings, future gender-sensitive interventions should conceptualise gender in a complex and multidimensional manner that intersects with further diversity categories.

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“…The video game universe has a very rich literature, which is part of a very long history of field studies (Gee 2006;Beil et al 2018). Imaginaries, rules, genre dynamics, specific languages are present in this subculture (Malisi, Suharsono, Setiawan 2017); in recent times, the phenomenon of esports (multiplayer video games, played competitively and professionally) has exploded, also thanks to social networks such as Twitch and live streaming (Sjoblom, Hamari 2017;Schwartz 2017).…”

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(Meta)morphosis. The giant “bug” in the fashion system

Varini

2023

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Negli ultimi anni, soprattutto dopo il periodo pandemico, molti marchi di moda hanno sperimentato incursioni nel mondo dei videogiochi. Si tratta di un fenomeno interessante sotto molti punti di vista, che lo diventa ancora di più se si guarda alla possibilità che gli utenti hanno, su varie piattaforme, di personalizzare il proprio avatar. Non solo gli avatar sono personalizzabili, ma anche i loro vestiti, i loro accessori, in breve, il loro outfit. Queste produzioni sono spesso condivise su varie altre piattaforme, soprattutto sui social media, soprattutto di natura visiva, dove questi "outfit" digitali vengono condivisi, rielaborati, elaborati. Un altro segno di questa "fertilizzazione incrociata" si trova nelle sfilate di moda ospitate in ambienti digitali, dalle stesse piattaforme di gioco ai meta-verticali. Un caso interessante per i suddetti aspetti è Animal Crossing, una piattaforma di gioco sviluppata da Nintendo per Switch, una console "ibrida". Il gioco è un simulatore di vita in cui gli utenti agiscono in un contesto mediatico con avatar e accessori personalizzati. In Animal Crossing sono presenti entrambi gli aspetti sopra citati: la produzione di accessori di moda da parte degli utenti, dal basso verso l'alto, e la presenza di marchi, che nel corso degli anni hanno organizzato negozi digitali e sfilate di moda sul videogioco. I paradigmi di consumo e produzione alla base degli oggetti di moda sembrano allontanarsi dalle traiettorie tradizionalmente seguite e studiate dall'industria per entrare in un'area ancora inesplorata. Quali sono i driver del consumo di moda in questo nuovo contesto? Le risposte tradizionalmente fornite dalla sociologia della moda rimangono strumenti validi per interpretare il fenomeno? Per cercare di rispondere a queste domande, si è deciso di adottare un approccio metodologico misto: una netnografia e un'etnografia visiva di queste produzioni mediatiche potrebbero mirare a ricostruire un immaginario visivo di questo fenomeno, iniziando a fornire alcuni elementi di riflessione, rispetto a contesti mediatici simili a quelli di un "metaverso".

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(Meta)morphosis. The giant “bug” in the fashion system

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