Sid Meier's Civilization
Eva Vrtačič (Author)

Abstract

Sid Meier's Civilization is a popcultural artefact, good to think cultural differences, science and economy, giving us valuable insights in the Western cosmological system, which has relied on (post-)imperial, (post-)colonial and utterly ethnocentric political (and other) traditions at least since the Enlightenment. An anthropologically informed critique of Civilization, inspired by cultural relativism and post-colonial studies, is presented in the text, leading to very problematic conclusions as to what kind of messages the game conveys. The game reinforces enlightened ideals that celebrate reason and logic, presents the notion of progress as universal and unilineal, and portrays others as savages.

Keywords

Videoigre;Kulturne študije;Imperializem;Etnocentrizem;

Data

Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC: 794-028.23:316.722
COBISS: 32561757 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0040-3598
Parent publication: Teorija in praksa
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary abstract: Sid Meier's Civilization je popkulturni artefakt, ki je dober primer za premislek o kulturnih razlikah, znanosti in ekonomiji; predstavlja nam kozmološki sistem Zahoda, ki vsaj od razsvetljenstva naprej sloni na (post-)imperialni, (post-)kolonialni in etnocentričnih političnih tradicijah. Antropološko informirana in s strani kulturnega relativizma in postkolonialnih študij navdahnjena kritika Civilizacij vodi do vprašanja problematičnega sporočila videoigre, ki utrjuje razsvetljenske ideale razuma in logike, zgoščeno vsebovane v pojmu napredka kot univerzalnega in unilinearnega procesa, medtem ko druge civilizacije portretira kot divjake.
Secondary keywords: Video games;Cultural studies;Imperialism;Ethnocentrism;
URN: URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS): Not categorized
Pages: str. 91-105, 188
Volume: ǂLetn. ǂ51
Issue: ǂšt. ǂ1
Chronology: jan.-feb. 2014
ID: 9092286
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