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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 19:00 |
Gunnar Liestøl
Stories, Games, and Multidisciplinarity
1:30PM April 16, 2008
Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall, NCSU Historic Campus
Abstract: This presentation about multidisciplinarity in game studies will propose how concepts from literary theory (Genette and Greimas) can be applied to the analysis of computer gaming. It will also discuss in a more general way some strategies for handling multidisciplinarity in research on digital textuality, including game studies and digital design. Examples will be drawn from Professor Liestøl's current work in relation on positioning and mobility.
Speaker Bio:
Gunnar Liestøl is professor at the Department of Media & Communication, University of Oslo. He has a Magister degree i General and Comparative Literature and a Dr. Philos. degree in Media studies with a thesis on Rhetorics of Hypermedia Design. He has designed mulitmedia systems in collaboration with Norwegian and International Publishing houses, and published articles and books on the theory and practice of digital media design. He is currently directing a research project on mobility, positioning and digital genre design.
Location: Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall, NCSU Historic Campus, Raleigh, NC.
Parking: Visitors coming to this talk from off-campus locations should obtain a visitors' parking pass from the Centennial Campus Visitors' Center and park in the Partners Way Parking Deck. For Specific directions, see this map (pdf). Click here for courtesy parking pass.
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