SIEF2021 15th Congress
Helsinki, Finland
19-24 June 2021
Breaking the rules? Power, participation, transgression
SIEF2021 - Audio/visual programme
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Convenors: Anna Lisa Ramella (University of Cologne), Roger Norum (University of Oulu)
Audio/Visual Programme Selection Committee: Peter Crawford (University of Tromsø), Tom Dubois (University of Wisconsin Madison), Lotta Petronella (Independent filmmaker), Itsushi Kawase (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka), Steffen Köhn (Freie Universität Berlin), Andy Lawrence (University of Manchester and filmmakingforfieldwork.co.uk), Fabian Lüke (University of Cologne), Moira Marklewitz (University of Cologne), Martin Saxer (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), Anna-Céline Schäfer (University of Cologne), Theo Zerries (University of Cologne)
SESSION: Body and Senses as Subject/Resistance
Monday 21 June
Roundtable discussion on this topic: 16:15-18:00
Adaptive Gamers
‚Adaptive Gamers‘ is a desktop documentary that explores the role of gaming in the lives of adaptive (disabled) gamers who are active on Twitch either as streamers and/or as active members of the community. Inspired by anthropologist Tom Boellstorff’s approach to theorize both ‘digital’ & ‘physical’ as equally important components of the ‘real’ life, Skype interviews were conducted with 4 adaptive gamers, followed by the recording of their Twitch sessions where they demonstrated the physical aspects of their way of gaming. Since their journey on the digital realm is equally important, their computer screens were captured while gaming as well. Throughout the film, adaptive gamers elaborate on how they perceive the role of gaming in their lives and how do they create meaning through this platform which they consider as a ‘level playing field’.
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