Playing with cultural heritage: the virtualization of monuments in digital games

Cátia Ferreira

doi:10.34632/9789725406311_11

Playing with cultural heritage: the virtualization of monuments in digital games

Cátia Ferreira

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Abstract

Digital technologies have changed access to cultural heritage. Digital games are one of the most engaging forms of digital media, as they tend to offer complex storyworlds, they may be seen as appropriate settings for the recreation of first life heritage sites. Based on a qualitative methodology, having content analysis as data collection method, the chapter presents the case of two games: Falllout 4 and Second Life, intending to contribute to the discussion around the potential of digital games for repurposing heritage sites. The following research questions will be addressed: How is representation of heritage sites occurring in digital games? What is the role represented by monuments in the analysed games? What are the main differences in the representation in a commercial ‘finished’ game and a virtual world co-created by users?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Património cultural e transformação digital
Editors	Fernando Ilharco, Peter Hanenberg, Marília dos Santos Lopes
Place of Publication	Lisboa
Publisher	Universidade Católica Editora
Pages	145-158
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9789725406311
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.34632/9789725406311_11
Publication status	Published - Nov 2018

Publication series

Name	Povos e Culturas
Publisher	Research Centre on Peoples and Cultures
Number	22
ISSN (Electronic)	0873-5921

UN SDGs

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Cultural heritage
Digital game
Monuments
Representation
Fallout 4
Second Life

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Património cultural e transformação digital
Ilharco, F. (Editor), Hanenberg, P. (Editor) & Lopes, M. D. S. (Editor), Nov 2018, Lisboa: Universidade Católica Editora. 211 p. (Povos e Culturas; no. 22)
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Património cultural e transformação digital. ed. / Fernando Ilharco; Peter Hanenberg; Marília dos Santos Lopes. Lisboa: Universidade Católica Editora, 2018. p. 145-158 (Povos e Culturas; No. 22).

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Playing with cultural heritage: the virtualization of monuments in digital games

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