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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 24

Intro post 3:

How do players reflect on playing games that depict the Holocaust?

Check it out in the article below in History & Memory:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Sep 14

Here's how I put it on the Ezra Klein Show four years ago:

"The news system isn’t really designed for public understanding. It’s designed to produce new content every day." www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/p...

Which is to say: any "fix" has to be systemic too.

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de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · Sep 13

Schotwonden bij Palestijnse kinderen wijzen op gericht vuur

www.volkskrant.nl

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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Sep 8

So THIS is what your friendship theory amounts to, tsk tsk

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Troy Goodfellow @troyg.bsky.social · Sep 4

This will certainly be a book for my shelf.

Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · Sep 4

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Lieke Smits @elckerlieke.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ik had een leuk en inspirerend gesprek met historica Tina De Gendt, over publieksgeschiedenis, erfgoed als forum voor democratische onderhandeling en wandelen als methode, te lezen op @overdemuur.bsky.social:
overdemuur.org/geschiedenis...

Geschiedenis in het publiek. Interview met Tina De Gendt

De Gentse historica Tina De Gendt onderzoekt de geschiedenis van superdiverse wijken, samen met de inwoners van die wijken. Ze ziet erfgoed als een forum voor democratische onderhandeling en vertre…

overdemuur.org

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Aug 29

New preprint on "Computational Hermeneutics," co-authored by too many people to list in one post. TL;DR: GenAI is a cultural technology, and needs to be evaluated in ways that recognize situatedness, plurality, and ambiguity as the conditions of meaning — not noise to be minimized.

Computational Hermeneutics: Evaluating Generative AI as a Cultural Technology

<div> <div> <div> <p>Generative AI (GenAI) systems are increasingly recognized as cultural technologies, yet current evaluation frameworks often treat cul

papers.ssrn.com

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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 16

Simulacra

Simulacra everywhere

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ik begrijp oprecht niet dat het zomaar op tv kan.

Nog los van het feit dat etnische zuivering besproken wordt als 'business as usual', alsof het op zichzelf al geen grove misdaad tegen de menselijkheid is:

Evian, 1938? Doet bij Marbe geen belletje rinkelen?

Zo iemand is haar ziel kwijt.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 14

To me, this is Digital Humanities

Sorcha Ní Nia @luiseach.bsky.social · Aug 14

Lads the HONK I just honked

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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 11

Perhaps a bit peculiar to add to my own thread, but:

I came across this one by Kristine Jørgensen:

dl.digra.org/index.php/dl...

It's very much what I'm looking for; how engaging with fictions can recalibrate one's emotional, moral,... state.

(I'll ping @torillelvira.bsky.social too perhaps :))

Devil’s Plaything: On the Boundary between Playful and Serious | DiGRA Digital Library

dl.digra.org

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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks @bowmanspartan.bsky.social !

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 8

For sure, thanks Rowan! Let's talk soon :-)

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thank you so much, @nishadevasia.bsky.social ! Will do :-)

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks so much @wytang.bsky.social , this helps a ton 😊
If I can help with anything in any way at some point, let me know!

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thank you so much Elisa!
If you need anything, do feel free to ping me as well 😊

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hihi yes 😊😍

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thank you so much! 😊

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hmm...

Perhaps, ping @elisamekler.bsky.social ?

(You're one of the first people I'm thinking of :) )

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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 7

This turtoise sounds like the best spirit animal ❤️

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 7

Oh, haha, I hadn't even paid attention to those earlier...

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 7

The song below is part of my writing soundtrack atm, but also:

The cover art for James Last's 1970s Polka Party albums are mindblowingly awetastic, let's be honest here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZhk...

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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 6

Misty completing one of her first true tests as Pokemon trainer, and

'What This Means For Our Understanding Of Early Medieval Christian Monastic Life'

Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 6

Question to the BlueSky game studies-crowd!

What are some of the best studies you know about the psychological, emotional and cognitive engagement of players with game fictions?

I'm thinking of books by @kcisbister.bsky.social , Aubrey Anable and some others, but any other key recommendations?

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Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ah!

This one is by an IR-scholar (a bit different again, but perhaps more directly applicable):

www.bloomsbury.com/us/gamers-gu...

The Gamer's Guide to International Relations

Ready Player One meets Foreign Affairs—everything your students need to know about international relations through the lens of video games!The Gamer&rsquo…