Historia Ludens: the Playing Historian
by Cullum, P. H. Lewis, Katherine J. Litherland, Benjamin Lunen, Alexander von
This book aims to further a debate about aspects of "playing" and "gaming" in connection with history. Reaching out to academics, professionals and students alike, it pursues a dedicated interdisciplinary approach. Rather than only focusing on how professionals could learn from academics in history, the book also ponders the question of what academics can learn from gaming and playing for their own practice, such as gamification for teaching, or using "play" as a paradigm for novel approaches i…
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Summary
This book aims to further a debate about aspects of "playing" and "gaming" in connection with history. Reaching out to academics, professionals and students alike, it pursues a dedicated interdisciplinary approach. Rather than only focusing on how professionals could learn from academics in history, the book also ponders the question of what academics can learn from gaming and playing for their own practice, such as gamification for teaching, or using "play" as a paradigm for novel approaches into historical scholarship. "Playing" and "gaming" are thus understood as a broad cultural phenomenon that cross-pollinates the theory and practice of history and gaming alike
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- Publication Date:2019.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 294 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780429345616, 0429345615, 9781000692952, 1000692957, 9781000693133, 1000693139, 9781000693317, 1000693317
- DOI:10.4324/9780429345616
- oclc:on1119391503
- LC Classification:D16.255.S5
- Dewey Decimal:907.1
Table of Contents
Part 1: History of Gaming 1. A Quantitative Study of Historical Videogames (1981-2015) Yannick Rochat 2. "The British Empire Would Gain New Strength from Nursery Floors": Depictions of Travel and Place in Nineteenth-Century British Board Games Holly Nielsen Part 2: Gaming in History Education 3. Designing and Using Digital Games as Historical Learning Contexts for Primary School Classrooms Juan Hiriart 4. Grand Theft Longboat: Using Videogames and Medievalism to Teach Medieval History Katherine J. Lewis 5. The Great History Conundrum: Could Immersive Games Enhance an Undergraduate "Skills" Course? Alex Moseley 6. Play as a Technique for History in Higher Education Pat Cullum Part 3: Computer Games and Public History 7. The Heritage Game Luke Holmes 8. Respawning the Past Robert Whitaker Part 4: Reflections on Gaming and History 9. Playing Against the Past?: Representing the Play Element of Historical Cultures in Videogames Adam Chapman 10. Fantasies of Control: Modding for Ethnic Violence and Nazi Fetishism in Historical Strategy Games Andrew J. Salvati 11. Charlemagne at the Battle of Gettysburg: Video Games and the Middle Ages Andrew B.R. Elliott Part 5: Fan Cultures of Historic…
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