CAA 2023: Mara Visonà & Vincenzo Cassone
0Playing for high stakes. Archaeogaming and the deconstruction of populist conservative appropriations of the past
Our proposal plans to reflect on the potential for archaeogaming to deconstruct the populist conservative appropriations of the past, by focusing on the relationships between archaeological and historical contents, game dynamics, and conservative populist rhetoric. This is done under the belief that the ludic medium is increasingly relevant for the communication, awareness and engagement of present and future generations, and that certain representations of the past in the medium may be easily (mis)used by populist propaganda to diffuse their reinterpretations of past events.
To do so, the proposal will compare the well-known dynamics of conservative populist reinterpretation of the past, with examples of game dynamics and narratives that may facilitate those rhetorics, or viceversa that can be used to deconstruct or contrast them. In relation to the former, the common elements of far-right propaganda have been identified as: the centrality of religious sentiment, the ancestral bond between the community and national territory, patriotism, social conservatism and the strict division of gender roles.
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