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Anthropological study of the fighting games community
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13-06-2011 10:29am#1
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Lads, my better half is doing her final year thesis on “Language and its affect on a sub-culture: a fighting-games community in Ireland”. This is a follow on from her project last year with Inferno 17 where she used a form of participant observation to learn about said topic. She will be helping me out on the day setting up and wanted to do another participant observation on this EVO event – it being the biggest we have done…. well, hopefully. She has asked me to start a thread to allow her to explain to all of you what it is and that its voluntary etc etc. So here is the thread started – she’ll reply to this with details.
This is completely voluntary and anonymous and if anyone has a problem they don’t have to be included at all. As I said she’ll be posting in this thread next with details and feel free to ask her any questions or queries about it – she’d love nothing more.
Thanks,
Aj
[FONT=Utopia, serif]Hi Guys, with your permission (those who would like to be involved in my research) I would like to conduct 'Ethnographic' research through applying the qualitative method of 'participant-observation' alongside 'informal interviewing' within the communities' social space (tournaments, online [/FONT]boards.ie[FONT=Utopia, serif], online commentary) in an effort to explore my research question.[/FONT]
[FONT=Utopia, serif]Anthropological topic of interest - “Language and its affect on a sub-culture: a fighting-games community in Ireland.”
Snipped from my proposal which I think will be helpful for those who want to know what my research is about - "There is evidence to suggest that online fighting-games communities have the ability to creates neologisms (newly coined terms, entering common use but have not yet been accepted into mainstream language) in an effort to efficiently describe specific events, persons, situations and actions. My thesis will examine whether this phenomena occurs within the context of this particular fighting-games community in Ireland"[/FONT]
[FONT=Utopia, serif]During this summer I would like to attend each tournament, as a guest of Doom and Aj, and record our experiences and interactions within tournament. I would also like to record interactions on the online forums and the online commentary during the games. The emphasis will be centered around the linguistic discourse that occurs and the semiotic relationship that is so innate in this discourse. I will use 'field-notes', 'descriptive-notes', photographs and other recording devices (video camera and recording equipment use to records the commentary) to record the experience; also know as my data. The development of my 'field-notes' and any 'data' collected for my Anthropology thesis will be collaboratively developed; meaning that each individual as a 'participant' and I as the 'researcher' will work together in an effort to describe and illuminate our experiences. The method of informal interviewing (more like a conversation rather than a questionnaire/survey for those who are wondering what informal interviewing is) may take up a few minutes of each participant's time. I would like to record each informal-interview with a hand-held audio recording device. Each participant will receive their own copy of their interview along with the transcription for their personal review. Each participant will maintain full autonomy over their own data and can choose what they would like included and what not to include.[/FONT]
[FONT=Utopia, serif]There are no risks involved in this research and the interviews along with the method of participant-observations DOES NOT constitute as any type of scientific experiment and/or psychological counseling or treatment. All identities will be kept confidential and I will use a [code names/pseudonym] to identify your information and other data in an effort to maintain complete anonymity. Neither personal names nor private information will appear in the final thesis. I will store all recordings, transcripts and other notes of our conversations safely in a locked box located in a locked desk. This information will also be kept on a password secured folder on my laptop. All information regarding participants will be kept completely confidential.[/FONT]
[FONT=Utopia, serif]The benefit to the community is that community will have full access to the research when it is finished and may use it to understand how the experience of the individuals of this community compares with others or to the wider Anthropological literature. All information regarding participants will be kept completely confidential. All participation is voluntary and individuals are free to refuse to take part, can refuse to answer any questions and may stop at any time. [/FONT]
[FONT=Utopia, serif]Those who were at 'Inferno 17' will have already experienced what it is like to be part of Ethnographic research as I conducted a small participant-observation project during that tournament. [/FONT]
[FONT=Utopia, serif]It would be highly unethical of me to include anyone or any member who does not want to be part of my researcher. I must re-iterate that all participation is voluntary. Everything that I record or write about will be coded and full anonymity will be maintained for those who are concerned about anonymity. Any person or member who does not want to be part of my research can be assured that I will not included them or any details about them.
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[FONT=Utopia, serif]Thank you all for you help in advance; it is greatly appreciated.
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Kind regards and many thanks
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OP, you are using the word "anthropological" wrongly.
You want to talk about the history of fighting games, not the "anthropology" of fighting games.an·thro·pol·o·gy
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No he is using it right. His better half (trust me, this is not just expression in this case
) is doing an anthropological study on the language and social development specific to our fighting game community. This is for her thesis.
I wouldn't presume things but I'm guessing that you didn't read one word of this thread. Because in this thread we are in no way talking about the history of fighting games or our community. In fact the first line fairly clearly states this :Lads, my better half is doing her final year thesis on “Language and its affect on a sub-culture: a fighting-games community in Ireland”.0 -
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LOL,
Reading the initial post of a thread, and using an online dictionary definition of "anthropology," aimed at someone who's doing a masters degree and drafting a final thesis in said subject whilst failing to read the rest of the thread.....
The ironing is delicious
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No he is using it right. His better half (trust me, this is not just expression in this case) is doing an anthropological study on the language and social development specific to our fighting game community. This is for her thesis.
I wouldn't presume things but I'm guessing that you didn't read one word of this thread. Because in this thread we are in no way talking about the history of fighting games or our community. In fact the first line fairly clearly states this :
I skimmed to see if anyone was arguing linguistics and it didn't appear they were. >_>LOL,
Reading the initial post of a thread, and using an online dictionary definition of "anthropology," aimed at someone who's doing a masters degree and drafting a final thesis in said subject whilst failing to read the rest of the thread.....
The ironing is delicious
Post 3 SuperInfinity, Post 3
It doesn't say this in the OP.0 -
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D4RK ONION wrote: »Isn't it the anthropology of humans specific to the community "fighting game players" she's looking at?
Anthropology is a noun. Used to describe the study itself, don't think it can used that way.
But yes, it took me a while but I should have mentioned players. Although I don't think that's what it's really about. I think it's based on masochists that stick with Honda in AE and the ego maniacs that drop himSuperInfinity wrote: »I skimmed to see if anyone was arguing linguistics and it didn't appear they were. >_>
We wouldn't be. This is the fighting game forum. Doesn't make the use of a word wrong.SuperInfinity wrote: »It doesn't say this in the OP.
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Doctor DooM wrote: »I am sure AJ feels incredibly remorseful for his reckless use of the term anthropology, and will never dare to use it with such abandon in future.
Soooo remorseful..... anthropologically speaking of course.
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There is also a very Irish twist on the way we use those words. The slightly offensive and self deprecating banter that is very much an Irish way of talking. "The Slaggings" if you will. A very simple example would be how often a good player would be called a scrub and a crap player would be godlike.
That's really true. The other day I walked in to casuals and said "I want to beat up these two scrubs now" and it was Stev0 and Dreddy 0 -
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SuperInfinity wrote: »OP, you are using the word "anthropological" wrongly.
You want to talk about the history of fighting games, not the "anthropology" of fighting games.
I don't think any of us expected him to say that.
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Holy Optimus, I leave the forum for one evening and all hell breaks loose! lol Below is just a section I put together to illustrate what Anthropology is about and where my research fits in to the discipline....hopefully to avoid any other confusion about the discipline and my research.
Anthropology is the study of humankind. Of all the disciplines that examines aspects of human existence and accomplishments, only Anthropology explores the entire panorama of the human experience, from human origins to contemporary forms of culture and social life (for example: on-line fighting games and the linguistic discourse that is employed). Anthropology as an integrative interdisciplinary discipline has four field (archaeological, biological, linguistic, and sociocultural Anthropology) although many Anthropologists also conduct research across these fields. With its holistic perspective, Anthropology intersects the multiple approaches to the study of humankind-biological, social, cultural, historical, linguistic, cognitive, material, technological, affective, and aesthetic.
My own interest lies in linguistics. Linguistic Anthropology examines the history and structure of human languages, the relationship between language and culture, cognitive and biological aspects of language, and other symbolic forms and media of communication and reasoning. For example, in the case of on-line fighting games, 'indexical-iconic signs' (see [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Peirce - Semiotics)[/FONT] such as ‘salty’ & ‘scrub’ are different ways of using main-stream language to contextually describe an action or situation...which in turn allows another member of the fighting games community to quickly interpret and relate to the world around them. A small part of my research will investigate the relationship between the biological aspects (the brain and how it interprets and reproduces language and symbol systems) with linguistics (how language is used as a socially and culturally grounded practice, which encompasses sets of expectations, beliefs, ideologies and moral values about the world). In other words, investigating the difference between 'button bashing' and 'execution' / playing for fun and playing to win (I'm currently reading 'Playing to Win'). However, for the most part, my research will focus on 'neologisms' (newly coined terms, entering common use but have not yet been accepted into mainstream language, which are used to efficiently describe specific events, persons, situations and actions)....investigating the history, the development and the use of the communities indexical language.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For me, a greater understanding of how language is used as a socially and culturally grounded practice, which encompass sets of expectations, beliefs, ideologies and moral values about the world, and the context in which it is uttered, can help to illustrate the users own understanding of the values and practices of the world they live in. In other words, language is not just a simple tool used to communicate during interactions with others, it shapes our thoughts and emotions and how we perceive and understand the world around us. In the case of my thesis, I hope that my research will reveal a deeper understanding of the sub-culture of competitive gaming, in the Irish context, from a linguistic perspective. My thesis could form the basis of further research in this field and to the best of my knowledge this research in relation to competitive gaming has not been carried out utilizing the methodologies that I will use.
I hope that helps
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