{"id":284,"date":"2011-08-27T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-ok.de\/wp\/?p=284"},"modified":"2020-06-18T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T06:17:55","slug":"space-and-larp-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-ok.de\/de\/popular-culture\/space-and-larp-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Raum und Life-Action Roleplay in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pr\u00e4sentation<\/strong>&nbsp;auf der&nbsp;<a title=\"EAJS Conference 2011\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eajs.eu\/?id=305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13. EAJS Konferenz<\/a>&nbsp;an der Universit\u00e4t Tallinn, Estland, 24.-28. August 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A presentation of research on the relationship of space and the modes of roleplaying games in a transcultural context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>\n<em>Role-playing games&nbsp;<\/em>and especially&nbsp;<em>life-action roleplay&nbsp;<\/em>are increasingly considered tools for learning in formal, civic and political education, but have recently gained attention as a new performing art, as well.<br>\nLife-action roleplay (larp) has been compared to impro-theatre as well as&nbsp;<em>cosplay<\/em>, the dressing-up as media characters, which thrives in Japan. In larps players physically embody fictional characters, immerse themselves into the characters\u2018 minds and perform in a shared, diegetic world. Roleplaying games in general can be seen as a transcultural practice and larp specifically brings people from all over the world together. The number of larp participants in Europe (and recently the US) increases every year, especially in Scandinavia. Contrarily, Japanese roleplayers do not engage in larping.<br>\nBased on fieldwork in roleplaying communities of the Tokyo area as well as on interviews with business professionals, this paper will try to answer the question of why Japan does not larp \u2014 or more precisely, why Japanese roleplayers do not see larp as possible in Japan.<br>\nWhile culturally &#8222;sanctioned&#8220; practices of masquerade like historical reenactments or theatre do have their time and space \u2014 even if it is only a small, hidden location like a<em>sh\u014dgekij\u014d&nbsp;<\/em>(small, off-theatre) \u2014 space for &#8222;escapist&#8220; forms of performing and immersion has been rare. Additionally, memories of being ridiculed frame Japanese roleplayers\u2018 subjective availability of (a public) space for their engagements. This affects styles of roleplay tremendously, leading to an emphasis of the game aspects by discouraging performance and immersion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br>\njapan, larp, roleplaying games, performance, qualitative research<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pr\u00e4sentation auf der 13. EAJS Konferenz an der Universit\u00e4t Tallinn, Estland, 27. 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