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Social bodies in virtual worlds: Intercorporeality in Esports
1Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics (Research Unit: Movement, Culture and Society / MoCS), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
|May 3, 2021
Summary
Esports players
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Embodied Cognition
Background:
- Virtual worlds increasingly mediate social interactions.
- Concerns exist regarding the lack of embodied social understanding in virtual environments.
- Esports offer a unique context to study virtual social interaction.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate embodied social understanding in esports.
- To examine player interactions in virtual environments.
- To challenge the dichotomy between virtuality and embodied cognition.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative research methodologies.
- Phenomenological approach.
- Analysis of player experiences in Counter Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends.
Main Results:
- Esports interactions rely on intercorporeality: a reciprocity of bodily intentionality.
- Intercorporeality is crucial during gameplay, particularly during feinting.
- Embodied social understanding is present in virtual esports environments.
Conclusions:
- The division between virtuality and embodied social understanding is not absolute.
- Esports demonstrate the fluidity of embodied experiences in virtual spaces.
- Further research into embodied sociality in diverse virtual formats is warranted.
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