Beyond hegemony: Rethinking men and masculinities in game culture
Description of the granted funding
The qualitative research project (2024–2028) Beyond hegemony: Rethinking men and masculinities in game culture examines how men experience, negotiate, and subvert normative expectations of masculinity and express agency as they participate in game cultures. The project focuses on the intersections of masculinity and game cultures in the context of both digital and non-digital gaming, with emphasis on men's agency and reflexivity. The project is situated in the fields of game studies and gender studies. Applying Sedgwick's concept of reparative reading, the project contests the pessimistic paradigm in game studies work on men and masculinities. Through qualitative questionnaire responses and interviews, the study increases our understanding of the complex connections of masculinities and gaming. The approach places men at the centre of game culture equity work and shifts this labour away from groups discriminated against.
Show moreStarting year
2024
End year
2028
Granted funding
Funder
Research Council of Finland
Funding instrument
Academy research fellows
Päättäjä
Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities
13.06.2024
13.06.2024
Other information
Funding decision number
363869
Fields of science
Media and communications
Research fields
Viestintä ja mediatutkimus