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Playing with things : representing medieval material culture through video-games (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Hiriart, J. (2020, June). Playing with things : representing medieval material culture through video-games. Presented at The Middle Ages in Modern Games Twitter Conference, Online (Twitter)

In the same way that an empty room deprived of any objects to relate to becomes uninhabitable, an empty desert does not allow life to take place (Gibson, 1979). It is only through the perception and everyday use of the things of the world (i.e. build... Read More about Playing with things : representing medieval material culture through video-games.

How to be a “good” Anglo-Saxon : designing and using historical videogames in primary schools
Presentation / Conference
Hiriart, J. How to be a “good” Anglo-Saxon : designing and using historical videogames in primary schools. Presented at Communicating the Past in the Digital Age Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Methods in Teaching and Learning in Archaeology (12th-13th October 2018), University of Cologne

In the last decades, digital games based on historical themes or settings have become an important form of historical engagement, with a great potential to influence popular conceptions about the past (Uricchio, 2005; Chapman, 2012). In spite of the... Read More about How to be a “good” Anglo-Saxon : designing and using historical videogames in primary schools.

Gaming the past : designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts
Thesis
Hiriart, J. Gaming the past : designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts. (Thesis). University of Salford

In the last decades, digital games based on historical themes or settings have become an important form of historical engagement. In many ways, this new way of connecting with the past presents unique characteristics, setting the medium apart from pr... Read More about Gaming the past : designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts.