Umschlagplatz '43 [serious game]

De Angeli, D, Scott, L and Finnegan, D.J (2018) Umschlagplatz '43 [serious game].

Item Type:	Artefact
Creators:	De Angeli, D, Scott, L and Finnegan, D.J
Abstract:	Umschlagplatz '43 is an agonistic game developed as part of 'Kreig. Macht. Sinn.' exhibition, at the Ruhr Museum in Essen. The game (and exhibition) stimulates reflection on wartime by presenting the motivations of all social agents including victims, bystanders, and importantly, perpetrators. Umschlagplatz is the railway station in Poland used by Nazis to stage Jews for deportation to concentration camps. The game asks players to assume the role of characters waiting at the station, who exchange personal information (role in war, background) or defame others with the goal of saving themselves. The simulation is based on the actions of Marek Edelmann, a Jewish cardiologist and activist who visited Umschlagplatz regularly to recruit people for the uprising.
Date:	13 November 2018
Funders:	Horizon 2020
Projects:	UNREST
Keywords:	agonistic games, serious games, Umschlagplatz '43, UNREST, Ruhr Museum, Kreig. Macht. Sinn.
Subjects:	A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Divisions:	Bath School of Design
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2019 16:21
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2022 15:07

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