Re: [xmca] latour

The link worked for me luiz. Try changing browsers.
mike

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Luiz Carlos Baptista <
lucabaptista@fcsh.unl.pt> wrote:

> Dear Martin,
>
> This is very interesting, I'll have to think about it. In fact one of my
> main interests regarding games is their ontological, or if you want,
> metaphysical, import (besides issues of Simmelian sociability, etc.).
>
> Thank you very much for the link, but I keep receiving an error message,
> don't know why.
>
> Best,
> Luiz
>
> **********
> "The brain is a wonderful thing. Everybody should have one."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> Behalf Of Martin Packer
> Sent: sábado, 8 de Março de 2008 18:51
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] latour
>
> Dear Luiz,
>
> In games we can alter the course
> > of events, in fact we are required to do so (our freedom to do it of
> course
> > varies greatly, depending on the game's design).
>
> So in each game the player is a particular *kind* of agent (actant in
> Greimas' terms), with specific kinds of powers and characteristics. And
> these can transform during the game, right? So there are ontological
> changes. (Greimas is famous for his diagram of the structural
> relationships
> among kinds of actant, see link below.) One could presumably map these
> forms
> of agency, the changes, the other agents a player encounters, and so
> develop
> a description of the regional ontology of a game.
>
> <
> http://www.cla.purdue.edu/English/theory/narratology/modules/greimasplotmai
> nframe.html<http://www.cla.purdue.edu/English/theory/narratology/modules/greimasplotmainframe.html>
> >
>
> Martin
>
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