A talk by Abbie Hartman, Macquarie University
Chaired by IRDL Student Representative, Joel White
With billions of players worldwide, history-themed video games are increasingly important sources of historical knowledge. Video games are unique in the way that they prompt engagement with history and shape the way that players understand the past. But what history are these players actually learning? This paper explores the stories that video games tell us about the past and discusses whether we should demand they be historically accurate.
Abbie Hartman is a cultural and public historian based at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Her research investigates how public history is influenced by the context in which it is created, and speculates on how this may affect public understandings of the past.
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Time and Date: February 3 @ 11:45am-1:00 pm EST
Location: ONLINE
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