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The Social Construction of Landscapes in Games

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Editors:
  1. Dennis Edler

    1. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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  2. Olaf Kühne

    1. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  3. Corinna Jenal

    1. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • Virtual landscapes in computer games
  • Ego Shooter and Pokémon Go - Landscape digital
  • First systematic investigation

Part of the book series: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft (RFSRL)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Landscape and Games—An Introduction

    • Corinna Jenal, Olaf Kühne, Dennis Edler
    Pages 1-10

  3. Theoretical Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Philosophical and Cultural-Theoretical Approaches to Play(s)

      • Karsten Berr
      Pages 13-38

    3. The Social Psychological Function of Play

      • Kai Schuster
      Pages 39-57

    4. Theoretical Approaches to Landscapes

      • Olaf Kühne
      Pages 59-76

    5. Landscapes in Games: Insights and Overviews of Contingencies between Worlds 1, 2 and 3

      • Olaf Kühne, Corinna Jenal, Dennis Edler
      Pages 77-87

  4. Analog Worlds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. The Controversity About Colonialism in Board Games—Illustrated by the Example of Santa Maria

      • Timo Sedelmeier, Linda Baum
      Pages 91-107

    3. Urban Landscapes in Boardgames

      • Anna Katharina Eberhardt
      Pages 109-126

    4. The Cartographic Representation of Model Railroad Landscapes—Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Results from Model Railroad-Related Literature

      • Olaf Kühne, Dennis Edler, Corinna Jenal
      Pages 127-148

    5. Taunting Landscapes in Pinball Games

      • Dennis Edler
      Pages 149-161

    6. The Beach in the Box―Aspects of the Construction and Experience of a Hybrid Landscape

      • Olaf Kühne, Vera Denzer, Christel Eißner
      Pages 163-179

    7. Leisure Parks and Landscape on the Example of Disneyland

      • Dominique Fontaine
      Pages 181-194

    8. Golfing and Landscape

      • Philipp Jutz
      Pages 195-208

    9. An Empirical Case Study Addressing an Appropriation of Space for Football by Arab Immigrants in Different German Cities

      • Mohammed Al-Khanbashi
      Pages 209-228

    10. Landscape and Equestrian Games—A Social Constructivist Approach

      • Lara Koegst
      Pages 229-244

    11. From the Mountains to the City to the Ocean. How Interaction with Landscape Creates Meaningful Experiences in Alpinism, Skateboarding and Surfing

      • Erik Aschenbrand
      Pages 245-257

  5. Digital Worlds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
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    2. Representations of Landscape in the Strategy Game Civilization

      • Olaf Kühne
      Pages 261-272
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About this book

The book is dedicated to a compilation of diverse and creative landscapes which occur in games. Being part of a game setting, these landscapes trigger social construction processes in specific ways. A selection of twenty-four research articles addresses the social constructions of landscapes represented in analogue, digital and hybrid game formats as well as their theoretical framing and future perspectives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Dennis Edler

  • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Olaf Kühne, Corinna Jenal

About the editors

Dr. Dennis Edler studied Geography and English/American Studies at the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) and at the University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; M.Sc. in Geography, specializing in Geomatics, at the RUB; since 2015 senior lecturer at the RUB Department of Geography, with teaching and research focus on Cartography and Geographic Information Science; 2020: habilitation in Geography


Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne studied geography, sociology, modern history and geology at the universities of Saarland and Hagen; since 2016 professor of urban and regional development at the University of Tübingen


Dr. Corinna Jenal studied Political Science, German Studies and Philosophy at the University of Trier; Certificate in Sustainability Science at the University of Saarland; since 2016 research assistant in the Department of Geosciences at the Chair of Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen








Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Social Construction of Landscapes in Games

  • Editors: Dennis Edler, Olaf Kühne, Corinna Jenal

  • Series Title: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35403-9

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-35402-2Published: 26 June 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-35403-9Published: 25 June 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2625-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-7009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 450

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cultural Geography, Media Sociology, Digital/New Media

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