In this discussion, a group of academics spoke with the authors of three video games produced in the course “Design and production of video games” of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires.
This video is spoken in Spanish
Based on playful motivation, video games have proven to be a great tool for scientific dissemination and are a powerful means of transmitting content and cultural guidelines. They can be designed with the main purpose of teaching and training the user, helping to increase the ease of learning through the discovery, assimilation and retention of information, among other qualities. Video games are perhaps the main source of future imaginations and for this reason, video game designers are future makers.
With the action of each video game on screen, commentators and authors addressed issues related to the proposed imaginaries, such as foundations, objectives, types of proposed actions, and motivations, among others.
We invite you to watch the video of the event led by Juan Manuel González (2084, OLA, The New School), with an introduction by Margarita Gutman (OLA/The New School, EEUU; FADU, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Alejandro Iparraguirre (FADU, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), while the academics Elvira ¨Bibi¨ Fernández (Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina), Eliana Martinez Herrera (Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia) and Enrique Rodríguez Caporali (Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia) spoke with some of the authors of the videogames Metamorfósis (Kevin Bellen, Mel Mir, Mariano Montiveros, Josefina Selvanovich), Save the Future (Nicolás Lucione, Nazarena Lilen Herrera, Maria Jose Montaño, Silvio Vasquez, Sol Romero Ferrando) and Uma y Yaku (Lorena Abrodos, Erica González, Dario Martín, Roy Rojas, Paula López).
2084 Imagined Futures summons imaginations and amplifies the voices of those not usually heard.
The future is a field of dispute that must contain the aspirations of all and not only of the sectors that today have mores ¨capacity to aspire¨(Appadurai, 2004). For the future to contain us all, it is necessary to activate the imagination of all and encourage us to occupy the daily life of tomorrow.
Be part of the construction of futures:
Travel to 2084 and tell what you see, hear, smell, feel, think, dream, fear, desire, share your imaginations on our website:
- Visit the Museum of Futures
- Learn more about the 2084 Imagined Futures Program
- Follow us on Instagram @2084futurosimaginados, communicate with us
Occupy the future!
Tags: 2084, FADU UBA, Future, Research, Video Games
