Thursday’s first panel was on the social memory of war. The researchers were looking for answers to the following questions: How can people understand the past through emotions with others’ traumatic memories, artifacts, or landscapes. What are the possibilities of interpreting the affective politics of war memories, and how do individual, familial or collective memories intersect across cultures and national borders? The second panel featured presentations on video games. This panel aims to explore the various roles of video games and map the ways in which they can shape young people’s perception of culture and the impact of the past in the times of crises. It will explore the issues of inclusivity, trauma and representations of war.
Thursday’s panel speakers:
Izabella Agárdi (Hungary) Research Fellow at iASK (Chair)
Erzsébet Hosszu (Hungary) Research Fellow at iASK and MOME, Budapest
Tímea Jablonczay (Hungary) Research Fellow at iASK and Associate Professor at Milton Friedman University, Budapest
Zala Pavšič (Slovenia) Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest
Ivana Stepanović (Serbia) Research Fellow at iASK (Chair)
Anna Menyhért (Hungary) Research Fellow at iASK and Professor at the University of Jewish Studies
Lobna Hassan (Finland) Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Transitions in Services at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti campus
Kat Schrier (USA) Associate Professor and Director of Games and Emerging Media at Marist College, USA
Vit Sisler (Czech Republic) Assistant Professor at the Charles University’s Faculty of Arts in Prague
