Pieter Van den Heede

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.

Schotwonden bij Palestijnse kinderen wijzen op gericht vuur

Schotwonden bij Palestijnse kinderen wijzen op gericht vuur

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

This will certainly be a book for my shelf.

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…

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...

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.

Simulacra

Simulacra everywhere

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.

To me, this is Digital Humanities

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 :))

Thanks @bowmanspartan.bsky.social !

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

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

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!

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

Hihi yes 😊😍

Thank you so much! 😊

Hmm...

Perhaps, ping @elisamekler.bsky.social ?

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

This turtoise sounds like the best spirit animal ❤️

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

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...

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

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

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?

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…

Ah!

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

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

Playing Software Whether we interact with video games or spreadsheets or social media, playing with software shapes every facet of our lives. In Playing Software, Miguel Sica...

And Playing Software, but that's the one by Sicart you already had in mind, I suppose :)

mitpress.mit.edu/978026204772...

Gaming Democracy From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gone mainstream. In Gaming Democracy, Adrienne Massanari tracks the flames of toxicity found in the...

Hmm, not sure if I'm on the right track, but perhaps @adriennemassanari.bsky.social 's latest book?

mitpress.mit.edu/978026254941...

YouTube video by GameTrailers Gerda A Flame In Winter - Official Trailer

... Another day in writing paradise.

Today, I'm revising my chapter on games that directly depict the Holocaust (and, well, that chapter sure needs revising.)

I'm writing about several games, but also Gerda. I can very much recommend it if you haven't played it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Fe...

Same here, Alexander! Happy to be a soundboard if you need it :)

PUBLISHED #OpenAccess!

HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF GAME STUDIES: What It Has Been, What it Could Be

780 pages of disciplinary self-care, otherwise known as intellectual history. Come for the pixels, stay for the resolutions.

#VideoGames #MediaStudies

@cmejeur.bsky.social @emmavphd.bsky.social