Transmedia Afterlives of African Adventure Narratives
Published: 3 October 2017
This project with the University of Dundee, Abertay University and games company Biome Collective analyses the transmedia representations of African adventure narratives.
Project Description
Adventure stories set in Africa have been popular in games, films, and comics, but carry the burden of colonial ideology and the imperial context in which Victorian writers created the genre. Using a transmedia approach, and drawing upon alternative narratives by Africans and female travellers held in local archives, this project combines academic research into the representation of Africa with a partnership-based methodology. Working closely with the games company BIOME Collective, a model for collaboration between academics and commercial entities that addresses these problematic representations, and creates new audiences and markets across a range of platforms, will be developed.
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Student Name
Fruzsina Pittner
Academic History
2013-2017, BA (Hons) Computer Arts
Supervisors
Nicole Devarenne, University of Dundee
Iain Donald, Abertay University
Research Interests
Arts, Computer Games, Literature
Contact Details
First published: 3 October 2017
