[DiGRA UK] Laclau/Foucault-related game studies

[Diane Carr]

Hello Tom,
I do.
http://tinyurl.com/game-dis-ability
Not for studies of the games industry though. Have you looked at Aphra Kerr's work?
Cheers,
Diane

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From: uk-bounces at digra.org [uk-bounces at digra.org] On Behalf Of Tom Doncom [t.doncom at gmail.com]
Sent: 06 August 2014 15:16
To: Uk at digra.org
Subject: [DiGRA UK] Newcomer interested in Laclau/Foucault-related game studies

Greetings DiGRA UK.

I'm a MA graduate currently in the South West area (Chippenham, not far from Bristol) hoping to start up in games industry research. My studies (other than Games Design, which I did at Newport) have primarily been Foucauldian and Laclaudian discursive analysis and critical media/cultural studies surrounding it (such as Hall's encoding/decoding model) and ways these models and connected research may apply to games and the industry locally and internationally.

I was curious if any past or current research that approaches games through Foucault/Laclau discourse that people might recommend? I don't recall much if any mention of games during my studies and have yet to find any such work, but given how prominent it seems in media studies I would be surprised if a games researcher somewhere has not approached it before i do.

Many thanks everyone, and best of luck with your research.

Tom

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