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X-WR-CALNAME: Haunted Play: Memory and Resistance in Taiwanese Horror Games
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DESCRIPTION:Taiwanese horror is a rising genre that has claimed an importan
 t space in Taiwanese popular culture\, particularly in the video game indu
 stry since the debut of Detention in 2017. Video games associated with suc
 h aesthetics often incorporate elements of Taiwan's local religions\, cult
 ures\, and mythologies. Furthermore\, such horror is evoked not only by fe
 ar of the unknown\, but also by the unsettling feeling of being forced to 
 live under duress. Although mostly implicit\, many Taiwanese horror games 
 contain hints of historical references to the 228 Incident and the White T
 error under Martial Law. Malevolent monsters and ghosts become physical in
 carnations of state-sanctioned violence perpetrated by perpetrators\, dehu
 manized accomplices\, and those who were arrested\, executed\, or silenced
 .\n\nChee-Hann Wu is an assistant professor faculty fellow in Theatre Stud
 ies at New York University. She received her Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre fr
 om the University of California\, Irvine. Chee-Hann is drawn to the perfor
 mance of\, by\, and with nonhumans\, including but not limited to objects\
 , puppets\, ecology\, and technology. Her current book project\, provision
 ally titled The Unfinished Gesture: Puppetry\, Memory\, and the Becoming o
 f Taiwan\, considers puppetry a mediated means to narrate Taiwan’s cultu
 ral and sociopolitical development\, colonial and postcolonial experiences
 \, as well as Indigenous histories. Chee-Hann’s work has appeared in Pup
 petry International\, Asian Theatre Journal\, International Journal of Per
 formance Arts and Digital Media\, and other places. Her most recent resear
 ch explores video games\, VR\, and artificial intelligence through the len
 s of theatre and performance. In addition to her scholarly work\, Chee-Han
 n is the editor and a frequent contributor to Taiwan Insight\, an online a
 cademic magazine of the University of Nottingham’s Taiwan Research Hub.
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SUMMARY: Haunted Play: Memory and Resistance in Taiwanese Horror Games
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 tance-in-taiwanese-horror-games
CATEGORIES:Lectures\, Symposia\, Etc.
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