Why video games are good for your soul

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Video games – like all other technologies – are in and of themselves neither good nor bad. It all depends on how, when, and where they are used. I am no technological determinist – but, then, I do believe that playing video games can save your soul. After detailing what a soul is, I will argue that video games can nourish it in much the same way poetry and literature did in an earlier age (and, for most part, no longer do), though in a radically different way, since these are radically different times. In contrast, I will argue that school is, in general, bad for your soul and your mind, more so today than ever before. Good video games suggest a radically different view of what learning could look like, a view that holds deep threats for the established social and political order.

James Paul Gee
er ledende på feltet i USA på forskning om dataspill og læring, og har de siste årene gitt ut bøkene What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy (2003), og Why video games are good for your soul (2005). Gee er professor ved University of Wisconsin i Madison, hvor han leder et forskningsmiljø rundt dataspill. Hans arbeid det siste tiåret har fokusert på utviklingen av en teori omkring språk, literacy og læring.

Torsdag 12. oktober, 12.45-13.30