Mapping the Imaginary - Maps in Fantasy Role-Playing-Games

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Mapping the Imaginary - Maps in Fantasy Role-Playing-Games. / Röhl, Tobias; Herbrik, Regine.

In: FQS - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, Vol. 9, No. 3, Art 25, 2008.

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title = "Mapping the Imaginary - Maps in Fantasy Role-Playing-Games",
abstract = "This paper deals with cartographic representations as means of communicating the imaginary using maps in fantasy role-playing games as an example. Drawing on SCHUTZian accounts of intersubjectivity and communication we understand maps as one of many strategies to deal with the problem of {"}medium transcendencies{"} posed by communicating with others. The methodology of {"}sociological hermeneutics{"} (SOEFFNER) is introduced as means of approaching maps and the interactions they are involved in. In our analyses of maps used in role-playing games we can then show that maps are not only a means of locating oneself but also a means of actively creating a meaningful place in which we are entangled. Thus, maps help to form a sense of belonging in (imaginary) territories which are only given to us in mediated form.",
keywords = "Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization, Sociology, maps, cartography, role-playing games, video hermeneutics, sociological hermeneutics, visual sociology",
author = "Tobias R{\"o}hl and Regine Herbrik",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.17169/fqs-9.3.1162",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
journal = "FQS - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung",
issn = "1438-5627",
publisher = "Freie Universit{\"a}t Berlin",
number = "3",

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