Lest they forget: exploring commemoration and remembrance through games and digital technologies

Iain Donald

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96986-2_24

Lest they forget: exploring commemoration and remembrance through games and digital technologies

Iain Donald

Department of Games and Arts

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Abstract

The centennial of the First World War has encouraged a wide range of projects to commemorate the participants and communities affected by the conflict. This chapter considers how games and interactivity can be used to enhance commemoration and remembrance with new audiences. The digital commemorations undertaken for the Battle of Loos, and as part of the wider “Great War Dundee” project, are discussed. Emphasis is placed on how game design techniques and technology were utilized to plan an empathy game and then further developed into the interactive documentary and visualization, Loos: The Fallen Fourth. The chapter concludes with a consideration of how these narratives engaged with the community and helped shape a wider understanding. The digital components of this project can be accessed via greatwardundee.com and greatwardundee.itch.io.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave handbook of artistic and cultural response to war since 1914
Subtitle of host publication	the British Isles, the United States and Australasia
Editors	Martin Kerby, Margaret Baguley, Janet McDonald
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	24
Pages	427-446
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319969862
ISBN (Print)	9783319969855
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96986-2_24
Publication status	Published - 11 Feb 2019

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Keywords

Games
Interactive documentary
History
Historical games
First World War
Commemoration
Remembrance
Visualization
Community
Communal memory
Collective memory
Public engagement
Dundee
4th Black watch
Scotland
Great war Dundee
Loos
Loos: The Fallen Fourth

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Donald, I. (2019). Lest they forget: exploring commemoration and remembrance through games and digital technologies. In M. Kerby, M. Baguley, & J. McDonald (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of artistic and cultural response to war since 1914: the British Isles, the United States and Australasia (pp. 427-446). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96986-2_24

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The Palgrave handbook of artistic and cultural response to war since 1914: the British Isles, the United States and Australasia. ed. / Martin Kerby; Margaret Baguley; Janet McDonald. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. p. 427-446.

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Donald I. Lest they forget: exploring commemoration and remembrance through games and digital technologies. In Kerby M, Baguley M, McDonald J, editors, The Palgrave handbook of artistic and cultural response to war since 1914: the British Isles, the United States and Australasia. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. p. 427-446 Epub 2018 Dec 5. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96986-2_24

Lest they forget: exploring commemoration and remembrance through games and digital technologies

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