Geralt of Poland : "The Witcher 3" between epistemic disobedience and imperial nostalgia

2018
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dc.abstract.enThis article is a reading of The Witcher 3 in relation to postcolonial approaches to Polish culture. It departs from an analysis of an online debate on racial representation in the game as a possible act of epistemic disobedience, and moves on to a consideration of three narrative aspects of the game itself: its representation of political struggle, the ideological stance of the protagonist, and ethnic inspirations in worldbuilding. By referring those three issues to postcolonial analyses of Polish culture, as well as Walter D. Mignolo’s concept of decolonization through epistemic disobedience, this article aims to demonstrate paradoxical qualities of the game, which tries to simultaneously distance itself from the established, West-oriented ways of knowledge production and gain recognition as an artifact of modern Western pop culture. Moreover, it employs the tradition of Polish Romanticism to establish itself as a bridge between Slavdom and Western culture, and strengthen the colonial idea of Poland being the proper ruler over Slavs.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Polonistyki : Katedra Antropologii Literatury i Badań Kulturowychpl
dc.contributor.authorMajkowski, Tomasz - 147028 pl
dc.date.accession2018-02-06pl
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T12:10:03Z
dc.date.available2018-02-07T12:10:03Z
dc.date.issued2018pl
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dc.description.additionalAutor na pub. podpisany: Tomasz Z. Majkowskipl
dc.description.number1pl
dc.description.physical1-35pl
dc.description.points2pl
dc.description.publication2,0pl
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume4pl
dc.identifier.doi10.16995/olh.216pl
dc.identifier.issn2056-6700pl
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/49824
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://olh.openlibhums.org/article/10.16995/olh.216/pl
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
dc.rightsUdzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 3.0 Polska*
dc.rights.licenceCC-BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/legalcode*
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enpostcolonial studiespl
dc.subject.enepistemic disobediencepl
dc.subject.enslavicnesspl
dc.subject.enPolish culturepl
dc.subject.enThe Witcher 3pl
dc.subject.engame studiespl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleGeralt of Poland : "The Witcher 3" between epistemic disobedience and imperial nostalgiapl
dc.title.journalOpen Library in Humanitiespl
dc.title.volumePostcolonial Perspectives in Game Studiespl
dc.typeJournalArticlepl
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