Videogames como ferramenta de divulgação científica e cultural

Abstract

With approximately 3 billion players worldwide (40% of the world's population), video games are an important cultural activity. Unlike learning in a typical classroom context, video games engage players in the constant construction of knowledge, encouraging them to learn by trial and error. In addition, video games can become a form of citizen science. For example, online gamers are helping scientists solve scientific problems by playing games designed by scientists. On another front, video games created or produced in collaboration with Native Americans allow these cultures to express themselves and communicate with a wider audience through interactive media. As an example, the game Never Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa), which resulted from a partnership between Ishmael Hope, a storyteller of Iñupiaq and Tlingit heritage, and the Cook Tribal Council. These examples demonstrate that video games can act as an important medium for scientific and cultural outreach.

Keywords:

divulgación científica

videojuegos

ciencia ciudadana

nativos americanos

popular science

video games

citizen science

Native Americans

ciência popular

videogames

ciência cidadã

Nativos americanos

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