An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming
Virtual worlds are human worlds thus ethical places/spaces. Through an authethnography of play, I try to surface and contextualize some of what I see as the ethical issues that archaeogaming presents, which I frame as provocations for further discussion. What defines 'archaeogaming' is our...
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2020-05-01
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| description | Virtual worlds are human worlds thus ethical places/spaces. Through an authethnography of play, I try to surface and contextualize some of what I see as the ethical issues that archaeogaming presents, which I frame as provocations for further discussion. What defines 'archaeogaming' is our identity as archaeologists, and so the ethics of archaeogaming must be the ethics of archaeology; ethics are not integral to a game but emerge at the intersection of play and design. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-724131d2dcf74757a75242971ab031582024-03-03T04:39:21ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872020-05-015510.11141/ia.55.2An Approach to the Ethics of ArchaeogamingShawn Graham0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-3554Carleton University Virtual worlds are human worlds thus ethical places/spaces. Through an authethnography of play, I try to surface and contextualize some of what I see as the ethical issues that archaeogaming presents, which I frame as provocations for further discussion. What defines 'archaeogaming' is our identity as archaeologists, and so the ethics of archaeogaming must be the ethics of archaeology; ethics are not integral to a game but emerge at the intersection of play and design.https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue55/2/index.htmlarchaeogamingethicsminecraftplaydigital public archaeologyarchaeology |
| spellingShingle | Shawn Graham An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming Internet Archaeology archaeogaming ethics minecraft play digital public archaeology archaeology |
| title | An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming |
| title_full | An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming |
| title_fullStr | An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming |
| title_short | An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming |
| title_sort | approach to the ethics of archaeogaming |
| topic | archaeogaming ethics minecraft play digital public archaeology archaeology |
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