Teach Them All!

Fanny Lignon (1)

1 ARIAS - ARIAS - Atelier de Recherche sur l'Intermédialité et les Arts du Spectacle

In France, teachers must teach their children to respect the other sex. They must also educate children to understand the media. While play is an inherent part of pedagogy, few teachers think of using video games in class to address these issues. The following article belongs to the field of cultural and gender studies. It offers an analysis of the male and female performances staged in fighting games and raises the issue of whether these games, which pupils are fond of, are inherently sexist or resolutely egalitarian. It argues that these games, provided we know them, may constitute a genuine educational opportunity.

Mots clés: video games; computer games; combat games; gender; stereotype; image; man; woman; education; equality; media; sex

Mots clés: jeu vidéo; jeux vidéo; jeu ordinateur; jeux ordinateur; jeu de combat; image féminine; image masculine; femme; homme; genre; stéréotype sexuel; égalité

Domaines: Art et histoire de l'art; Etudes sur le genre; Education; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Fanny Lignon. Teach Them All!. The Third IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, DIGITEL 2010, pp.182 à 184, 2010. ⟨hal-00476246⟩