Homo Ludens – Geschichte und Gegenwart des Spiels
Mathias Fuchs
Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education, Cultural Studies
2025S, scientific seminar (SEW), 4.0 ECTS, 2.0 semester hours, course number S05523
Description
The seminar will discuss questions about the role of play on the basis of three main topics:
1. Affect - Emotion - Games
What do sadness, anger or melancholy mean in digital games? Is playful aggression different from real-world aggression? Is it possible to fall in love with an avatar? Are the feelings during the game erased after the game is finished or do you carry them into the real world?
2. Games of/for Non-human Animals
Can animals play? Do animals play differently from humans? How are animals designed in different digital games and what does this tell us about our assumptions about animal playfulness?
(Deer Hunter 1997), (Animal Crossing 2001), (Boomer in Far Cry 2018), (the horse Agro in Shadow of the Colossus 2005), (Horizon Zero Dawn 2017), (Stray 2022), (Never Alone 2014; Neva 2024)
3. Recent Trends in Game Studies
New theoretical approaches to games and play from game studies, cultural studies and philosophy.
Key Words
Affect - Emotion - Games, Games of/for Non-human Animals
Dates
18 March 2025, 15:00–18:00 Seminar Room 7
08 April 2025, 15:00–18:00 Seminar Room 7
29 April 2025, 15:00–18:00 Seminar Room 7
06 May 2025, 15:00–18:00 Seminar Room 7
20 May 2025, 15:00–18:00 Seminar Room 7
03 June 2025, 15:00–18:00 Seminar Room 7
10 June 2025, 15:00–18:00 Seminar Room 7
Course Enrolment
From 20 May 2025, 09:30 to 20 May 2025, 12:30
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject kkp (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 067/003.80
Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 067/003.25
Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject tex (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 071/003.80
Art Education: subject dae (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 072/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Master): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: Lehrveranstaltung nach Wahl aus wissenschaftlicher Praxis, SE 074/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Seminar aus dem Bereich Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften 074/003.25
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
Transformation Studies. Art x Science (Bachelor): Focus! Transformation Areas: Cultural Transformation 162/040.40
TransArts - Transdisciplinary Arts (Bachelor): Theoretical foundations: Theoretical foundations 180/003.01
Experimental Game Cultures (Master): History and Theories of Games: History and Theory of Games 536/002.01
Expanded Museum Studies (Master): Electives: Cultural Studies 537/080.14
Stage Design (2. Section): Kunsttheorie und Kulturwissenschaften: Kulturwissenschaften 542/207.02
Media Arts: Specialisation in Transmedia Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie und Geschichte : Kulturwissenschaften 566/208.15
Media Arts: Specialisation in Digital Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie, Geschichte: Kulturwissenschaften 567/208.15
Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften (Master): Electives Area 1: Cultural Studies 568/005.01
Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften (Master): Electives Area 2: Cultural Studies 568/006.01
Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Fundamentals: Humanities 576/203.02
Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 577/203.02
Industrial Design (1. Section): Art and Cultural Studies - Basics: Cultural Studies 580/104.07
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Art Theory, Cultural Studies, Art History, Philosophy 605/202.01
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Free Electives out of Scientific and Research Practice 605/202.80
Design: Specialisation in Applied Photography and Time-based Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 626/203.02
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible