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Dr Esther Wright
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BA, MA, PhD, FHEA FRHistS
Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Hanes Digidol
Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd
- WrightE11@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 74742
- Adeilad John Percival , Ystafell 4.57, Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
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Trosolwyg
Mae fy ngwaith wedi ei leoli ym maes Astudiaethau Gêm Hanesyddol, ac i mi, mae Hanes Digidol yn ei gwneud yn ofynnol yn sylfaenol ein bod yn archwilio'n feirniadol sut mae gan gynrychioliadau digidol o'r gorffennol a ddarganfuwyd yn y cyfryngau gweledol poblogaidd y potensial i lunio dealltwriaeth gyhoeddus o hanes. Cyhoeddwyd fy monograff, "Rockstar Games and American History: Promotional Materials and the Construction of Authenticity", gan De Gruyter yn 2022, fel rhan o'r gyfres Gemau Fideo a'r Dyniaethau. Yn seiliedig ar fy thesis PhD (a ddyfarnwyd gan Brifysgol Warwick ym mis Awst 2019), y llyfr yw'r astudiaeth sylweddol gyntaf o Gemau Rockstar fel datblygwr gemau gyda phrosiect hirsefydlog o negodi a chynrychioli Hanes yr Unol Daleithiau yn eu gemau - yn benodol, gan ganolbwyntio ar Red Dead Redemption (2010), Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018), L.A. Noire (2011 ).
Mae fy ngwaith yn dadlau am bwysigrwydd astudio deunyddiau hyrwyddo, strategaethau brandio datblygwyr, a mathau eraill o ddeunyddiau paratextual sy'n gysylltiedig â datblygu a rhyddhau gemau digidol hanesyddol . Mae'r deunyddiau hyn yn safleoedd digidol pwysig a gofodau lle mae datblygwyr gemau, fel Rockstar, yn perfformio rôl hanesydd ac yn rheoli disgwyliadau ar gyfer "dilysrwydd hanesyddol" ymhlith chwaraewyr a beirniaid. Rwy'n defnyddio deunyddiau hyrwyddo i gynnig dehongliadau mwy maethlon o ddylanwad dealltwriaeth ddominyddol o Hanes yr Unol Daleithiau ar benderfyniadau datblygu gemau a marchnata. Mae'r hegemonau hyn, a sefydlwyd gan a thrwy gonfensiynau "genres" diwylliannol sy'n bodoli eisoes fel y Gorllewin a ffilm noir, a naratifau poblogaidd sy'n canolbwyntio ar y profiad gwyn a gwrywaidd ers amser maith, yn arwain at gemau sy'n eithrio ac yn ymylu pobl a hunaniaethau eraill, ac arferion hyrwyddo sy'n ailddatgan straeon allgáu am orffennol "go iawn" America.
Rwyf hefyd wedi cyd-olygu (gyda'r Athro John Wills, Prifysgol Caint) gasgliad o draethodau ar fasnachfraint Red Dead: Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth and Violence in the Video Game West. Cyhoeddwyd y casgliad gan Oklahoma University Press ym mis Mawrth 2023.
Rwy'n gyd-gynullydd (gyda Nick Webber ac Iain Donald) o'r Rhwydwaith Gemau Hanesyddol, gofod ar gyfer cydweithredu rhwng academyddion, athrawon amgueddfeydd a threftadaeth a gwneuthurwyr gemau.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Wright, E. 2024. “Layers of history”: History as construction/constructing history in pentiment. ROMchip: A journal of game histories
2023
- Wright, E. 2023. Paratexts, “authenticity”, and the margins of digital (game) history. In: Seiwald, R. and Vollans, E. eds. (Not) In the Game: History, Paratexts and Games. Video Games and the Humanities Vol. 13. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 33-56., (10.1515/9783110732924-003)
- Donald, I., Webber, N. and Wright, E. 2023. Video games, historical representation and soft power. Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds 15, pp. 105-127. (10.1386/jgvw_00075_1)
- Wright, E. 2023. '“What’s famous” and “what’s true”: Women’s place from Revolver to Redemption. In: Wright, E. and Wills, J. eds. Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 128-148.
- Wright, E. and Wills, J. 2023. Introduction. In: Wright, E. and Wills, J. eds. Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth and Violence in the Video Game West. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 1-25.
2022
- Wright, E. 2022. Still playing with the past: History, historians, and digital games. History & Theory 61(4), pp. 166-177. (10.1111/hith.12280)
- Wright, E. 2022. Rockstar Games and American history: Promotional materials and the construction of authenticity. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. (10.1515/9783110716610)
2021
- Wright, E. 2021. Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption, and narratives of "progress". European Journal of American Studies 16, article number: 3. (10.4000/ejas.17300)
2018
- Wright, E. 2018. On the promotional context of historical video games. Rethinking History 22(4), pp. 598-608. (10.1080/13642529.2018.1507910)
2017
- Wright, E. 2017. Marketing authenticity: Rockstar Games and the use of cinema in video game promotion. Kinephanos: Journal of Media Studies and Popular Culture 7(1), pp. 131-164.
Adrannau llyfrau
- Wright, E. 2023. Paratexts, “authenticity”, and the margins of digital (game) history. In: Seiwald, R. and Vollans, E. eds. (Not) In the Game: History, Paratexts and Games. Video Games and the Humanities Vol. 13. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 33-56., (10.1515/9783110732924-003)
- Wright, E. 2023. '“What’s famous” and “what’s true”: Women’s place from Revolver to Redemption. In: Wright, E. and Wills, J. eds. Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 128-148.
- Wright, E. and Wills, J. 2023. Introduction. In: Wright, E. and Wills, J. eds. Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth and Violence in the Video Game West. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 1-25.
Erthyglau
- Wright, E. 2024. “Layers of history”: History as construction/constructing history in pentiment. ROMchip: A journal of game histories
- Donald, I., Webber, N. and Wright, E. 2023. Video games, historical representation and soft power. Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds 15, pp. 105-127. (10.1386/jgvw_00075_1)
- Wright, E. 2022. Still playing with the past: History, historians, and digital games. History & Theory 61(4), pp. 166-177. (10.1111/hith.12280)
- Wright, E. 2021. Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption, and narratives of "progress". European Journal of American Studies 16, article number: 3. (10.4000/ejas.17300)
- Wright, E. 2018. On the promotional context of historical video games. Rethinking History 22(4), pp. 598-608. (10.1080/13642529.2018.1507910)
- Wright, E. 2017. Marketing authenticity: Rockstar Games and the use of cinema in video game promotion. Kinephanos: Journal of Media Studies and Popular Culture 7(1), pp. 131-164.
Llyfrau
- Wright, E. 2022. Rockstar Games and American history: Promotional materials and the construction of authenticity. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. (10.1515/9783110716610)
Ymchwil
Research Interests:
- Digital Historical Games
- Rockstar Games
- Digital game promotion & branding
- Digital sources & preservation
- U.S. History in popular media
- Gender History
Public Engagement:
- History Respawned Podcast, 'Episode 100: Esther Wright on Rockstar Games' (September 2022).
- 'Esther Wright, Rockstar Games and American History: Promotional Materials and the Construction of Authenticity', New Books Network, (13 September 2022)
- 'Keywords in Play Episode 18 - Esther Wright on Rockstar and History', Keywords in Play Podcast (11 March 2022).
- 'Like a Viking' (review of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla), Public Books (July 2021).
- RSE Curious Tea and Talk, 'Video games and American history', (With Dr. Iain Donald, Abertay - August 2021)
- History Respawned Podcast, 'Episode 82: Historical Games Network' (May 2021)
- History Respawned Podcast, 'Episode 71: Historians React to More Not E3 Game News' (August 2020)
- Beyond Bechdel Podcast, ‘Red Fem Redemption?‘ (November 2019)
- ‘Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Marketing of a More Inclusive West‘, Video Games and American Studies Series, U.S. Studies Online (June 2019)
- History Respawned Podcast, 'Episode 50: Red Dead Redemption 2' (December 2018)
- ‘Women out of Date‘, Bullet Points (December 2018)
- ‘Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Battlefield V: the real history behind 3 popular video games‘, History Extra (2018)
- ScreenBrum (Brum Radio), VIDEOGAMES! (July 2017)
Addysgu
Cynullydd Modiwl:
- HS6202 Gwneud Hanes: Haneswyr, Tystiolaeth, Cynulleidfaoedd
- HS6213: Pastau Hygyrch
- HS0002: Taflu'r Gorffennol: Cyfryngau a Threftadaeth Boblogaidd
Rwyf hefyd yn dysgu ar y modiwlau Hanes canlynol:
Is-raddedig:
- HS1120: Hanes mewn Ymarfer Rhan 2: Ffynonellau, Tystiolaeth a Dadl
- HS6202: Hanes Darllen
- HS6203: Hanes Trafod
- HS1801: Traethawd Hir
Ôl-raddedig a Addysgir:
- HST081: Ffynonellau a Thystiolaeth: Sgiliau Ymchwil Hanesyddol Uwch
- HST082: Gofod, Lle ac Ymchwil Hanesyddol: O Micro-Histories i'r Tro Byd-eang
- HST083: Diwinyddion, Dulliau ac Arferion Hanes
- HST077: Rhyw, Pŵer a Diwylliant
Bywgraffiad
Hydref 2015- Awst 2019: Ph.D. Adran Hanes, Prifysgol Warwick ("Gemau Rockstar a Hanes America"). Ariannwyd gan Ganolfan Rhagoriaeth Ymchwil Ddoethurol y Celfyddydau (CADRE), Prifysgol Warwick.
Hydref 2013-Medi 2014: MA Hanes Adran Hanes, Prifysgol Abertawe. Ariennir gan ESF Mynediad i Feistr Ysgoloriaeth (mewn partneriaeth â Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru).
2010-2013: BA Hanes Adran Hanes, Prifysgol Abertawe.
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
- Honourable Mention – British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) 2019 award for "Best Doctoral Student Article or Chapter" (for "Marketing Authenticity: Rockstar Games and the Use of Cinema in Video Game Promotion")
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Fellow, Royal Historical Society (2022-)
Early Career Member, Royal Historical Society (2020-2022)
Fellow, Higher Education Academy (2022-)
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
Awst 2023 - Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Hanes Digidol, Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Awst 2020 - Gorffennaf 2023 Darlithydd mewn Hanes Digidol, Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Ionawr 2020 - Gorffennaf 2020 Darlithydd Gwâd, Adran y Celfyddydau Cyfryngau, Prifysgol Royal Holloway Llundain
2019 - 2020 Cymrawd Gyrfa Gynnar , Sefydliad Astudiaethau Uwch, Prifysgol Warwick
2018 - 2019 Tiwtor Cyswllt, Adran Hanes, Prifysgol Warwick
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
2020:
- Conference Organiser: The Present and Future of History and Games. 28 February 2020. University of Warwick. Funded by the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick.
- Monograph proposal reviewer: Routledge (Media, Cultural and Communication Studies); Bloomsbury.
- Conference Abstract Reviewer: History and Games Conference 2020
- Advisory Board: Video Games and the Humanities series, De Gruyter.
2018:
- Conference Organisational Committee: Gaming the Gothic, 13th April 2018 at the University of Sheffield. Sponsored by the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities.
2017:
- Conference Organiser (With Hannah Graves, University of Warwick): Hardboiled History: A Noir Lens on America's Past, May 19th 2017. Sponsored by Warwick History, the Warwick Humanities Research Centre, and the British Association for American Studies (BAAS).
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
- Astudiaethau Gêm Hanesyddol
- Dyniaethau Digidol
Themâu ymchwil
Arbenigeddau
- dyniaethau digidol
- Hanes digidol
- Gemau fideo
- Gemau fideo hanesyddol
