Production and Reproduction of Gendered Meanings in the Videogame Industry. An Interdisciplinary Exploratory Study

Are videogames exclusive activities for men? Is game development a purely male job? Based on these and other questions, this article aims to problematize the production and reproduction of gendered meanings in the Argentine videogame industry, considering the development of videogames in the creatio...

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Autores principales: Palermo, Hernan, Krepki, Daniela Denise
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Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2023
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spelling I10-R348-article-386392024-01-02T14:46:23Z Production and Reproduction of Gendered Meanings in the Videogame Industry. An Interdisciplinary Exploratory Study Producción y reproducción de sentidos generizados en la industria de videojuegos. Un estudio exploratorio desde la interdisciplina Palermo, Hernan Krepki, Daniela Denise videojuegos, género, producción, reproducción, tecnología Are videogames exclusive activities for men? Is game development a purely male job? Based on these and other questions, this article aims to problematize the production and reproduction of gendered meanings in the Argentine videogame industry, considering the development of videogames in the creation phase and consumers’ experience. Starting from a qualitative approach focused on a systematic bibliographical review, we propose that the instances of creation, design, and use of video games are crossed by a strong imperative of masculinity that reproduces an androcentric gaze that supposes a subordinate place for diverse femininities. However, we can affirm that such a prohibitive barrier is not inescapable if we consider subjects’ agency in constructing strategies and interstices to challenge normativity. ¿Son los videojuegos ámbitos exclusivos para varones?; ¿es el desarrollo de videojuegos un trabajo exclusivamente masculino? A partir de estos y otros interrogantes, el presente artículo tiene por objetivo problematizar la producción y reproducción de sentidos generizados en la industria de videojuegos argentina, tanto en la elaboración de los contenidos como en la fase de creación y el momento del consumo. Partiendo de un enfoque cualitativo, centrado en una revisión bibliográfica sistemática, planteamos que las instancias de creación, diseño y consumo de los videojuegos se encuentran atravesadas por un fuerte imperativo de la masculinidad que reproduce una mirada androcéntrica, lo que supone un lugar subordinado para las diversas feminidades. No obstante, tal barrera prohibitiva no es ineludible si tenemos en consideración la agencia de lxs sujetos en la construcción de estrategias e intersticios para poner en jaque la normatividad. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2023-07-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos revisados por pares application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/38639 10.55441/1668.7515.n31.38639 Astrolabio; No. 31 (2023): Neoliberal post-feminism and feminist activisms in the current capitalist and pandemic conjuncture; 129-151 Astrolabio; Núm. 31 (2023): Julio - Diciembre: El posfeminismo neoliberal y los activismos feministas en la coyuntura capitalista y pandémica actual; 129-151 Astrolabio; n. 31 (2023): Pós-feminismo neoliberal e ativismos feministas na atual conjuntura capitalista e pandêmica; 129-151 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n31 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/38639/42138 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/38639/42139 Derechos de autor 2023 Hernan Palermo, Daniela Denise Krepki https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Palermo, Hernan
Krepki, Daniela Denise
Production and Reproduction of Gendered Meanings in the Videogame Industry. An Interdisciplinary Exploratory Study
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Krepki, Daniela Denise
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title Production and Reproduction of Gendered Meanings in the Videogame Industry. An Interdisciplinary Exploratory Study
title_short Production and Reproduction of Gendered Meanings in the Videogame Industry. An Interdisciplinary Exploratory Study
title_full Production and Reproduction of Gendered Meanings in the Videogame Industry. An Interdisciplinary Exploratory Study
title_fullStr Production and Reproduction of Gendered Meanings in the Videogame Industry. An Interdisciplinary Exploratory Study
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title_sort production and reproduction of gendered meanings in the videogame industry. an interdisciplinary exploratory study
description Are videogames exclusive activities for men? Is game development a purely male job? Based on these and other questions, this article aims to problematize the production and reproduction of gendered meanings in the Argentine videogame industry, considering the development of videogames in the creation phase and consumers’ experience. Starting from a qualitative approach focused on a systematic bibliographical review, we propose that the instances of creation, design, and use of video games are crossed by a strong imperative of masculinity that reproduces an androcentric gaze that supposes a subordinate place for diverse femininities. However, we can affirm that such a prohibitive barrier is not inescapable if we consider subjects’ agency in constructing strategies and interstices to challenge normativity.
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