Playing With Deep Time
At the University of Oslo I was the principal investigator of the collaboratory ‘Playing with Deep Time’ which brought together people interested in the exploration of deep time using playful storytelling practices like Nordic LARP and other forms of role-play. As part of this project I developed a deep time themed hypertext, as well as…
My Dissertation
My doctoral thesis looks at what I call “Anthropocene temporalities” in video games in order to understand a new structure of feeling particular to these times that is expressed using particular temporal narratives and affects. This research is part of a larger interdisciplinary project called Lifetimes: a Natural History of the Present. I hope to defend the thesis in…
Un-Earthed
On the side, I co-organize a monthly online environmental humanities reading group that I founded called un-earthed. You can find us at http://www.un-earthed.group. Check the event descriptions for a record of our discussion. In the past (2019-2020) I collected a record of the group’s meetings on my blog: https://environmentalhumanitiesreadinggroup.blogspot.com/
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Laura op de Beke 