Lab Media and Religion
The Media and Religion Lab is concerned with the interrelation between media and religions and their transformation. Thereby the perspective is a dual one: On the one hand side current as well as religious discourses and their authorities are shaped by media. On the other hand side religious practices are always also media practices and religious identities are always media identities likewise. So, actors respectively groups present, discuss and organise their religious perceptions through diverse media (books, pictures, videos, virtual worlds etc.). In this sense religion is a mediatized phenomenon that is necessary to be analyzed in respect of issues of media communication that accompany them.
Kathrin Trattner: Lecture ‘Was Barbarossa not German?!’
On November 5, 2024, ZeMKI member Dr. Kathrin Trattner will give a guest lecture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna on the topic “‘Was Barbarossa not German?!’ Nation, History, and Identity in Gamer Discussions”. ‘What is the difference between a nation and a state?’ ‘Was Barbarossa German?’ ‘Are the Cree an actual nation?‘ (…)
5. November 2024
Hannah Grünenthal publishes article in "Social Forms of Religion"
ZeMKI member Dr. Hannah Grünenthal has published the article “‘Catholic’ and ‘Charismatic’. Two Logics of Legitimization and the Negotiation of Belonging in the German Catholic Charismatic Renewal” in “Social Forms of Religion European and American Christianity in Past and Present”. This article explores how the German Catholic Charismatic Renewal (GCCR) navigates its positioning in the (…)
1. November 2024
Presentation by Dom Ford at the Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference 2024
16. October 2024
Research Fellow: Dr. Piotr Siuda
From September to October 2024, Dr. Piotr Siuda (Faculty of Cultural Studies, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland) will be a Research Fellow at ZeMKI. His research focus is gaming. More information here.
7. October 2024
ZeMKI Members: Presentations at Beyond Play Conference
1. October 2024
Beyond Play: Start of the conference
On September 30, 2024, the “Beyond Play The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society” conference will start at 11 a.m. with an exciting program at the University of Bremen. The conference will run until October 2, 2024.
30. September 2024
Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled: Panel "Please distance yourself!! What happens when Muslims speak out publicly"
Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled will be a guest on September 16, 2024 at 6 p.m. at a panel event at the House of Science Bremen. The topic of the event is “Distance yourself! What happens when Muslims speak out publicly.” The panel was organized by Muslim Empowerment Bremen. For more information click here.
13. September 2024
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger and Prof. Dr. Karsten Wolf: Article published in Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc)
The article on the topic “Digital Gaming. Indicator of a profound mediatization” has now been published in the journal Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc). Click here to access the article.
8. September 2024