2019
Arjoranta, Jonne; Friman, Usva; Koskimaa, Raine; Mäyrä, Frans; Sotamaa, Olli; Suominen, Jaakko
Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2019 Book
Pelitutkimuksen seura ry, 2019, ISSN: 1798-355X.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Death, Gamification, Geocaching, Geokätköily, Kuolema, Larp, Live-action role playing, Location-based game, Mourning, Muistelutyö, Paikkasidonnainen pelaaminen, Pelillistyminen, Reminiscence work, Suru, Video games, Videopelit
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Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirjan 2019 aloittaa Joelssonin ja Reunasen tutkimusartikkeli, joka yhdistää pelitutkimusta kuolemantutkimukseen. Joelsson ja Reunanen korostavat, miten kuolema ja kuoleminen ovat keskeinen, jopa itsestäänselvä osa useimpia pelejä, mutta tutkimus on toistaiseksi kommentoinut aihetta vain vähän. He analysoivat, miten kuoleminen, hautaaminen ja sureminen näkyvät erilaisissa peleissä 1980-luvulta 2010-luvulle.
Vuosikirjan katsausartikkelit käsittelevät liveroolipelaamisen käyttämistä muistelutyön menetelmänä ja geokätköilyn taiteellistamista. Vuosikirja sisältää myös kaksi kirja-arviota, kirjoista Role-playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations (2018) ja Gaming the Iron Curtain: How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games (2018), sekä pelitutkimukseen liittyvän lektion.},
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Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirjan 2019 aloittaa Joelssonin ja Reunasen tutkimusartikkeli, joka yhdistää pelitutkimusta kuolemantutkimukseen. Joelsson ja Reunanen korostavat, miten kuolema ja kuoleminen ovat keskeinen, jopa itsestäänselvä osa useimpia pelejä, mutta tutkimus on toistaiseksi kommentoinut aihetta vain vähän. He analysoivat, miten kuoleminen, hautaaminen ja sureminen näkyvät erilaisissa peleissä 1980-luvulta 2010-luvulle.
Vuosikirjan katsausartikkelit käsittelevät liveroolipelaamisen käyttämistä muistelutyön menetelmänä ja geokätköilyn taiteellistamista. Vuosikirja sisältää myös kaksi kirja-arviota, kirjoista Role-playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations (2018) ja Gaming the Iron Curtain: How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games (2018), sekä pelitutkimukseen liittyvän lektion.
Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirjan 2019 aloittaa Joelssonin ja Reunasen tutkimusartikkeli, joka yhdistää pelitutkimusta kuolemantutkimukseen. Joelsson ja Reunanen korostavat, miten kuolema ja kuoleminen ovat keskeinen, jopa itsestäänselvä osa useimpia pelejä, mutta tutkimus on toistaiseksi kommentoinut aihetta vain vähän. He analysoivat, miten kuoleminen, hautaaminen ja sureminen näkyvät erilaisissa peleissä 1980-luvulta 2010-luvulle.
Vuosikirjan katsausartikkelit käsittelevät liveroolipelaamisen käyttämistä muistelutyön menetelmänä ja geokätköilyn taiteellistamista. Vuosikirja sisältää myös kaksi kirja-arviota, kirjoista Role-playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations (2018) ja Gaming the Iron Curtain: How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games (2018), sekä pelitutkimukseen liittyvän lektion.
Heljakka, Katriina; Ihamäki, Pirita
N 61° 29.330 E 021° 47.580 Sigrid-Secrets: Gamifying Art Experiences Through Geocaching Book Section
In: Diaz, Lily; Dragu, Magda; Eilittä, Leena (Ed.): Adaptation and Convergence of Media: ´High´Culture Intermediality versus Popular Culture Intermediality, pp. 220-241, Aalto University Press, 2019, ISBN: 978-952-60-8311-7.
Abstract | Tags: Art experience, Gamification, Geocaching, Sigrid-Secrets, Urban gamification
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Ihamäki, Pirita; Heljakka, Katriina
The Internet of Art as a Site for Learning and Fun: Playful Experiences Through Augmented Geocaching Proceedings Article
In: Koivisto, Jonna; Hamari, Juho (Ed.): Proceedings of the 3rd International GamiFIN Conference, pp. 205-216, RWTH Aachen, 2019, ISSN: 1613-0073.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Augmented reality application, Gamification, Geocaching, Internet of art, Internet of things, Sigrid-Secrets
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2018
Ihamäki, Pirita; Heljakka, Katriina
"Travel Bugs": Toys Traveling Socially through Geocaching Proceedings Article
In: DiGRA ’18 – Abstract Proceedings of the 2018 DiGRA International Conference: The Game is the Message, 2018.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Gamification, Geocaching, Social play, Toy mobility, Toy turism, Toys, Travel bugs
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abstract = {This study explores emerging types of mobile and social play patterns through the object-based, but technologically enhanced practices of toy tourism. As our case studies demonstrate, object play practices in the digitalizing world are not only becoming increasingly social in nature, but even more mobile than before. As illustrated by our study focusing on Travel Bugs in the context of the international game of geocaching, toys become mobile through different practices partaken by players, willing to either become involved in toy tourism with their playthings. Our study consisted of 45 survey responses from geocachers traveling with Travel Bugs. According to the results, mobile and social object play practices enabled by the platform of Geocaching become gamified – i.e. more perceivable, goal-oriented and measurable. Our main contribution is a conceptual framework in which the relations between the digital, the physical and the social dimensions of toy tourism are modelled.},
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Heljakka, Katriina; Ihamäki, Pirita
Designing a Pervasive Adventure Gamescape : Avoiding the Pitfalls in Creating Augmented LBGs for Playful Learning Journal Article
In: Journal of Digital Media and Interaction, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 75-94, 2018, ISSN: ISSN 2184-3120.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Educational game, Geocaching, Location-based game, Pervasive gamescape
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abstract = {This article reports on the design and evaluation of player experiences in relation to a location-based game (LBG). LBGs seek to move gamified play into the "real world" of cities, parks, and other locations. These games are played in everyday places, where game information is tied to specific locations (Magerkurth et al, 2005). This connection to real-world physicality makes the game experience multidimensional and fun for players of different ages. Yet, to be able to envision and create an urban gamescape means that a set of criteria must be met. The unique challenge of creating and orchestrating LBG experiences requires a certain sensitivity from its designers to the multiple factors that must be considered. These may include-but are not limited to-factors such as the city's infrastructure, the flows of urban traffic, the maintenance of recreational areas, and human-related factors such as cooperation with the city administration. The game introduced in this article-Sigrid-Secrets-represents an urban game adventure built upon the platform of geocaching. We approach the game with a focus on its potential learning affordances. We ask how the pitfalls in creating opportunities for learning through LBGs could be avoided, especially when designing pedagogic aims into an urban gaming experience fit for school-aged children.},
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Heljakka, Katriina; Ihamäki, Pirita
Out of the Classroom, into the Park: Gamified Art Experiences and Learning through Play in Urban Playscapes Proceedings Article
In: Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities – 2018 Conference Proceedings, 2018.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Art experience, Educational implementations, Educational setting, Geocaching, Mobile learning, Playful learning
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abstract = {According to the current curricular plan, learning outside of the traditional educational setting e.g. in outdoor environments, is encouraged. There is a focused movement from the traditional classroom paradigm to a trend driven by the influence of innovative learning approaches. Changing school culture is one of Finland’s four curriculum reform areas, and one of them is learning environments. One direction of the reform is to foster innovative school models that link the subject matter to the real world by engaging school children in learning activities outside of the classroom (NMC Horizon Project Regional Report 2017).
This study explores the educational potential of an urban gamified art experience based in Finland, which provides physical, mental and social well-being through play in a park environment. The goal of this study is to investigate the opportunities for education and learning by a visually and digitally enriched geocaching trail offers.
Based on previous research, the gamified art experience, Sigrid-Secrets geocaching trail presented in the paper, provides experiences of physical, mental and social well-being through play in a park environment. The purpose of the paper at hand is to develop understandings of the capacities of convergent urban experiences like the geocaching trail introduced here, by an exploration of its educational implementations.},
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According to the current curricular plan, learning outside of the traditional educational setting e.g. in outdoor environments, is encouraged. There is a focused movement from the traditional classroom paradigm to a trend driven by the influence of innovative learning approaches. Changing school culture is one of Finland’s four curriculum reform areas, and one of them is learning environments. One direction of the reform is to foster innovative school models that link the subject matter to the real world by engaging school children in learning activities outside of the classroom (NMC Horizon Project Regional Report 2017).
This study explores the educational potential of an urban gamified art experience based in Finland, which provides physical, mental and social well-being through play in a park environment. The goal of this study is to investigate the opportunities for education and learning by a visually and digitally enriched geocaching trail offers.
Based on previous research, the gamified art experience, Sigrid-Secrets geocaching trail presented in the paper, provides experiences of physical, mental and social well-being through play in a park environment. The purpose of the paper at hand is to develop understandings of the capacities of convergent urban experiences like the geocaching trail introduced here, by an exploration of its educational implementations.
This study explores the educational potential of an urban gamified art experience based in Finland, which provides physical, mental and social well-being through play in a park environment. The goal of this study is to investigate the opportunities for education and learning by a visually and digitally enriched geocaching trail offers.
Based on previous research, the gamified art experience, Sigrid-Secrets geocaching trail presented in the paper, provides experiences of physical, mental and social well-being through play in a park environment. The purpose of the paper at hand is to develop understandings of the capacities of convergent urban experiences like the geocaching trail introduced here, by an exploration of its educational implementations.