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Spiel und Klasse: Das Game Lab als sozialer Faktor
Key insights
7 takeaways- 01The Game Lab at TU Dortmund, established in April 2024, functions primarily as a low-threshold infrastructure to provide students with access to expensive hardware and software, addressing socioeconomic barriers to media participation.See it on page 1
- 02The lab was founded by Professor Sascha Pöhlmann using non-earmarked discretionary funding from his professorship, highlighting the structural difficulty of establishing such facilities without dedicated start-up budgets.See it on page 3
- 03A core mission of the lab is to support teacher training, as current curricula require digital media literacy that is not adequately addressed in existing pedagogical programs.See it on page 10
- 04The facility operates with a team of two academic staff members and approximately 12 student volunteers, utilizing a former doctoral office space.See it on page 3
- 05To overcome social and cultural barriers, the lab employs a three-part strategy: a recurring 'Science and Game' lecture series, flexible room usage categories, and exclusive gaming events designed specifically for individuals with no prior experience.See it on page 7
- 06The lab promotes community ownership by allowing students to help shape the facility's programming, ensuring that the value of their volunteer labor is returned to them through the creation of their own academic space.See it on page 13
- 07The project serves as a practical example rather than a universal blueprint, demonstrating that successful labs must be tailored to the specific local, institutional, and socioeconomic conditions of their host university.See it on page 2
Summary
Das Game Lab als sozialer Faktor Abstract: Dieser Aufsatz beschreibt die Gründung des Game Labs in der Amerikanistik an der TU Dortmund als Fallbeispiel, um einen wichtigen An- spruch an solche Einrichtungen zu formulieren, nämlich soziale und öko- nomische Barrieren abzubauen und einen niedrigschwelligen Zugang zu teurer Hard- und Software zu ermöglichen.
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