| ID | 114957 |
| Title Proper | Spatial imagining and ideology of digital commemoration (Russian Online Gaming) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Strukov, Vlad |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | I trace the impact of digital economy on the cultural production on Runet by examining the Russian online gaming industry and focusing on a massively multiplayer online role playing game, Allods Online. I explore the game as a new form of cultural commemoration that goes beyond established discourses of nostalgia, war and trauma. I utilise Henry Lefebvre's concept of the production of space in my examination of the ludic environment of Allods Online as an ideological space. I call for a renegotiation of the Russian mediascape in its post-broadcast phase for it to include new ludic spaces of production of cultural symbols. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 64, No.8; Oct 2012: p.1584-1604 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 64, No.8; Oct 2012: p.1584-1604 |
| Key Words | Digital Economy ; Cultural Production ; Russian Online Gaming Industry ; Russia |