by Austin XieInternational Junior Research Associate, The University of Chicago Austin Xie is spending two months with us here atContinue reading “Beyond the Single Story: How Computer Games can Transform Holocaust Education”
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Shaping the Future Use of VR, AR and Computer Games in Holocaust Memory
by Dr Victoria Grace Walden As more Holocaust institutions feel emboldened to incorporate digital media into their practices, it isContinue reading “Shaping the Future Use of VR, AR and Computer Games in Holocaust Memory”
Interactivity in Holocaust Memory
When digital media was still being called new media, it was often referred to also as interactive media. The suggestionContinue reading “Interactivity in Holocaust Memory”
Student Competition: Thinking about Computer Games and the Holocaust
In December 2020, I had the honour of teaching students at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. As part of their course, we ran a competition to ask them to apply what they had learnt about computer games and the Holocaust to a proposal for a new game. This blog introduces the winning pitches.
Playing the Holocaust – Part 1
Recordings from our online discussion ‘Playing the Holocaust – Part 1’ held on Friday 20th November 2020.
Reading Call of Duty: WWII as Digital Holocaust Memory
Kate Marrison considers the decline of player agency in Call of Duty: WWII and how it speak to debates about Holocaust etiquette.
Playing Memories? Digital Games as Memory Media
In our second guest blog, Tabea Widmann from the University of Konstanz discusses the potential of computer games for Holocaust memory.
Digital Holocaust Memory – Online Discussion
On Wednesday 15th July, we invited a series of academics who work on digital Holocaust memory in different ways toContinue reading “Digital Holocaust Memory – Online Discussion”