Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields

Moozhan Shakeri; Richard Kingston; Nuno Pinto

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_15

Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields

Moozhan Shakeri^*, Richard Kingston, Nuno Pinto

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Abstract

Recent years have seen a tidal wave of interest in the use of computer games in fields as diverse as urban planning, health, education and business studies. Despite the reported success in the use of games for pedagogy and communication purposes, the lack of critical understanding of games as a medium, their capabilities and limitations, the sorts of knowledge they produce and the types of data they can deal with has led to the limited use of games in scientific fields. In this study by conceptualizing games as artifacts with embedded information systems, a better recognition of artistic values of games is called for. It is explained how understanding the various ways in which data flow happens between the real world and the imaginary world can help us better situate games within scientific fields.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Serious Games
Subtitle of host publication	Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings
Editors	Tim Marsh, Minhua Ma, Manuel Fradinho Oliveira, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Stefan Göbel
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	163
Number of pages	168
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-45841-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-45840-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_15
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2016 - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 26 Sept 2016 → 27 Sept 2016 Conference number: 2

Conference

Conference	2nd Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2016
Abbreviated title	JCSG
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	26/09/16 → 27/09/16

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Shakeri, M., Kingston, R., & Pinto, N. (2016). Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields. In T. Marsh, M. Ma, M. Fradinho Oliveira, J. Baalsrud Hauge, & S. Göbel (Eds.), Serious Games: Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings (pp. 163). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_15

Shakeri, Moozhan ; Kingston, Richard ; Pinto, Nuno. / Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields. Serious Games: Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings. editor / Tim Marsh ; Minhua Ma ; Manuel Fradinho Oliveira ; Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge ; Stefan Göbel. Cham : Springer, 2016. pp. 163

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Shakeri, M, Kingston, R & Pinto, N 2016, Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields. in T Marsh, M Ma, M Fradinho Oliveira, J Baalsrud Hauge & S Göbel (eds), Serious Games: Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings. Springer, Cham, pp. 163, 2nd Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_15

Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields. / Shakeri, Moozhan; Kingston, Richard; Pinto, Nuno.
Serious Games: Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings. ed. / Tim Marsh; Minhua Ma; Manuel Fradinho Oliveira; Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge; Stefan Göbel. Cham: Springer, 2016. p. 163.

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Shakeri M, Kingston R, Pinto N. Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields. In Marsh T, Ma M, Fradinho Oliveira M, Baalsrud Hauge J, Göbel S, editors, Serious Games: Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer. 2016. p. 163 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_15

Game science or games and science? Towards an epistemological understanding of use of games in scientific fields

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