GAME TALK: Visiting the brain: Inner worlds in games

Admission: free

GAME TALK: Visiting the Brain: Inner Worlds in Games

Lecture/talk with Jessica Kathmann and Sonja Prlić

The renowned game blogger from Behind the Screens, author, and scientist Jessica Kathmann explores the inner worlds of games.

Games reflect culture and society on two levels: by addressing current issues and in the way they negotiate and represent those issues. This also applies to the inner emotional worlds of their characters—from inner conflicts to mental illness. How and why do such games fascinate us? What do they say about society and how have they changed over time? Psychologist Jessica Kathmann sheds light on these questions with examples from blockbusters and indie games. The lecture will be followed by a discussion with Sonja Prlić.

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Bio: Jessica Kathmann is a psychologist (M.Sc.) and, together with her colleagues, runs the Behind the Screens project, which offers podcasts, training courses, and counseling for professionals in game development, education, and psychotherapy at the intersection of games and psychology. She is training to become a psychotherapist and has spent several years working therapeutically with young people in various institutions. At the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media, her main job is researching learning with video games.

The talk will be held in German
 

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Link to the programme (in German)

Das Science Meets Fiction Festival erforscht seit 2018 in Salzburg die Wechselwirkungen von Science Fiction und Wissenschaft, im Kino, in Spielen und Talks, auf Sternwarten und Theaterbühnen. 

Die Festivalleiter*innen sind: 
FH-Prof. Dr. Elmar Schüll (Department Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften der FH Salzburg), Katharina Kiening, MA & Mag. Stefan Wally, MAS (Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek für Zukunftsfragen)
Organisation/Konzeption Game Talks: Karl Zechenter