psychogeography, class wargames and history dr alex bridger university of huddersfield
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Qualitative psychology and psychogeography O Ontology, context, methods and data O Social-environmental, critical and community psychologies O Psychogeographical psychologyTRANSCRIPT
Psychogeography, class wargames and
historyDr Alex Bridger
University of Huddersfield
Introduction and aims of session
O Qualitative psychology and psychogeography
O What led to my interest in war-gaming history
O War-gaming and community participatory work
Qualitative psychology and psychogeography
O Ontology, context, methods and dataO Social-environmental, critical and
community psychologiesO Psychogeographical psychology
What led to my interest in war-gaming
O Richard Barbrook and Fabian Tompsett’s work – class wargames collective
O Gaming as a metaphor to explore social relations in contemporary capitalism
O Reenacting past political struggles and considering alternatives to the order of things
O And it can be fun!
War gaming historyO Game of War video – click to launchhttp://www.classwargames.net/O Board game as ‘a lecture in class
warfare’ (Barbrook and Tompsett, 2009: 38)
O Playing at being a little Lenin, Trotsky or Stalin in order not to be come like Lenin, Trotsky or Stalin!
Debord’s reflections O ‘I have studied the logic of war. Moreover I
succeeded a long time ago, in presenting the basics of its movements as a board game: the forces of contention and the contradictory necessities imposed on the operations of each of the two parties. I have played the Game of War and, in the often difficult conduct of my life, I have utilised lessons from it…On the question of whether I have made good use of such lessons, I will leave others to decide’ (Debord, 1989).
Participatory workO Hoot community work, i.e. dice-
walking, creating artistic maps of everyday lived in spaces, exhibition and written work (Emmanouil, Bridger and Lawthom)
O ‘’group activity facilitates the self-realisation of each individual’ (Vaniegem, 1968: 198)
O Personal and social changes
Any comments/questions?O Email: [email protected] Staff webpage: https://www.hud.ac.uk/ourstaff/profile/index.php?staffuid=shumajbO Facebook group:Huddersfield Psychogeographical Network O Blog: https://notanotherpsychogeographyblog.wordpress.com