© Alina Simmelbauer
Let's Remember! Remembrance Culture with Games on Site
In cooperation with the Deutsche Kulturrat [German Cultural Council], the Foundation for Digital Games Culture is testing location-based formats for establishing a culture of remembrance of National Socialist injustice supported by games in dialog with memorial sites, museums, and cultural encounter places throughout Germany. All formats are supported by needs-based measures to impart skills to local employees in gaming culture.
Digital games as an opportunity for location-based culture of remembrance
Museums, memorial sites and cultural places help to keep the memory of National Socialist crimes alive. Nevertheless, these venues are faced with the challenge of changing media use. Images of the history of National Socialist injustice are increasingly being shaped by digital games and need to be addressed by skilled employees. Together, players from the culture of remembrance and games culture will test new approaches that keep the memory of the past alive under constantly changing conditions.
Solidifying remembrance via games
The location-based formats and qualification measures will be documented and made available online in the form of short tutorials for dissemination. In addition, the database "Games and Culture of Remembrance" will be revised on the technical level, expanded to incorporate new objects relevant to the culture of remembrance and linked to the tutorials which have been created.
The Foundation for Digital Games Culture is the foundation of the German games industry and an ambassador for opportunities in the field of games. The Deutsche Kulturrat is the umbrella organization of the federal cultural associations.
Cooperation partner: Deutscher Kulturrat e.V.
Funding country: Germany
Duration: 01.12.2022 until 31.12.2024