There is an opening for an interesting post-doc position within digital humanities in 2010 hosted by the University of Umeå in Sweden under the theme is “Religion and media”. The Postdoc also has the opportunity to be associated with Jørgen Straarup and Stefan Gelfgren’sproject “Pinocchio goes to church: the Religious Life of Avatars”.
The Position runs for one year at approximately SEK 200 000 (tax free) and requires residency in Umeå, Sweden. HUMlab is an internationally recognized center for the humanities and information technology. Much of the work takes place in a 5,300 square feet studio space at the center of the university and in different kinds of digital and hybrid environments. HUMlab is based on a double affiliation model where much of the work is done in close collaboration with the humanities (or other) departments. HUMlab offers an open, friendly, creative and intellectually rich milieu for doing work in the humanities and information technology. Full details can be found at: http://blog.humlab.umu.se/?page_id=1806
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Theology and The Legend of Zelda: CFP
I was contacted by Jonny Walls about and interesting project on theology and gaming. He is looking for contributors for a book tentatively title: The Legend of Zelda and Theology. I promised I would help him out by posting is Call for abstract here, so if you are interested check out the details below...
I (Jonny Walls) am editing the book, The Legend of Zelda and Theology, which is to be published by Sideshow Media Group, a Los Angeles based multi-media company.
The articles will be roughly 3500-4500 words in length. Within them we will focus on the way that the symbolism, storytelling, characters and imagery within the Zelda universe can be used to reflect the Christian story. We are NOT trying to prove that the Zelda games are in fact preaching a Christian message; we will be using Zelda’s rich mythology as a lens through which we may examine Christian theology, and give others another approach to the faith.
Some possible topics for articles include but are not limited to:
-The great flood of the Wind Waker and the great flood of the Old Testament; The theology of a loving yet wrathful God.
-The twilight realm from Twilight Princess and the shadow world from A Link to the Past, and the theology of Purgatory.
-Awaiting the Hero of Time (specifically the people in The Wind Waker) and awaiting the Messiah.
-The nature of the Video Game and the theology of Predestination.
-Theology of Life, death, the afterlife and the soul as seen in Majora’s Mask.
-Ganondorf and the Theology of the Devil.
-The Triforce and the Trinity
These are just a few very surface level suggestions. To, for example, point out the way the Triforce and the Trinity share some shallow similarities would not alone suffice. What we want to do is use these types of topics as starting off points that our readers may use to get oriented and feel at home within the Zelda universe, and then go into a much deeper look at the Christian virtues that are present in all great fantasy, Zelda included. Please feel free to come up with your own ideas and submit them. If you are interested please e-mail me back at walls.jonny@gmail.com
I (Jonny Walls) am editing the book, The Legend of Zelda and Theology, which is to be published by Sideshow Media Group, a Los Angeles based multi-media company.
The articles will be roughly 3500-4500 words in length. Within them we will focus on the way that the symbolism, storytelling, characters and imagery within the Zelda universe can be used to reflect the Christian story. We are NOT trying to prove that the Zelda games are in fact preaching a Christian message; we will be using Zelda’s rich mythology as a lens through which we may examine Christian theology, and give others another approach to the faith.
Some possible topics for articles include but are not limited to:
-The great flood of the Wind Waker and the great flood of the Old Testament; The theology of a loving yet wrathful God.
-The twilight realm from Twilight Princess and the shadow world from A Link to the Past, and the theology of Purgatory.
-Awaiting the Hero of Time (specifically the people in The Wind Waker) and awaiting the Messiah.
-The nature of the Video Game and the theology of Predestination.
-Theology of Life, death, the afterlife and the soul as seen in Majora’s Mask.
-Ganondorf and the Theology of the Devil.
-The Triforce and the Trinity
These are just a few very surface level suggestions. To, for example, point out the way the Triforce and the Trinity share some shallow similarities would not alone suffice. What we want to do is use these types of topics as starting off points that our readers may use to get oriented and feel at home within the Zelda universe, and then go into a much deeper look at the Christian virtues that are present in all great fantasy, Zelda included. Please feel free to come up with your own ideas and submit them. If you are interested please e-mail me back at walls.jonny@gmail.com
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