Ästhetik simulierter Welten am Beispiel Disneylands

Fontaine, Dominique

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-15848-4_7

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“…The significance of play in the construction of landscape, in the feedback relationships between social conventions and the individual, and between the individual and physical space has, however, been little discussed scientifically so far. Since the topic of "landscape" has already been investigated more intensively in the virtual world (also in the context of games) (e.g., at: Bassiouni and Hackley 2015;Stintzing et al 2020;Edler et al 2018Fontaine 2017aFontaine , 2017bFontaine , 2020aFontaine , 2020bBeil et al 2015), our case examples focus on material manifestations of abstracting spatial observations: model railroad landscapes and pinball machines (first investigations can be found at Edler 2020; Schmitt 2012a, 2012b).…”

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Functions of Landscape in Games—A Theoretical Approach with Case Examples

Kühne

Jenal

Edler

2020

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The significance of play in the construction of landscape involving the feedback relationships between social conventions and the individual and between the individual and physical space, contrastingly, has so far received only little scientific attention. Games, however, take on great significance in the process of socialization in order to introduce the socializing person into the interpretations, valuations, and practices of the social world, which applies correspondingly to landscape. Play is an essential element of comprehending the concept “landscape”. Accordingly, this present essay deals with conceptual considerations of the function of games in relation to the social and individual construction of landscape. The theoretical framing of landscape will be carried out within the theory of the three landscapes, following Karl Popper’s three worlds. This theoretical framing also involves fundamental considerations on the connection between games and landscapes, which will be illustrated in more detail by means of two case examples, i.e., model railroads and pinball landscapes. It is shown that the playful engagement with landscape takes place in two dimensions: On the one hand, role expectations, norms, and values associated with landscape are conveyed, thus providing guidance for individual construction and individual experience of landscape. On the other hand, landscape contingencies can be tested. They address norms of interpretation and evaluation of landscape that are considered as bound together. Moreover, innovations can be tested, which may have been established in the social understanding of landscape.

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confidence: 99%