HumaniVR is proud to announce that Peter Lang Verlag has just published the edited volume:
Senkbeil, Karsten & Timo Ahlers (eds.). 2024. Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften. Konzepte, Methoden und interkulturelle Anwendungen (Hildesheimer Schriften zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation 12). Berlin: Peter Lang.
This edited volume is the product of 4+ years of intensive research, collaboration and interaction among VR researchers from across Europe. It is based on the premise that VR technology holds great potential for the enrichment of research and teaching in humanities subjects. As VR use in universities is no longer merely a technological test-case, discipline-specific practices related to theory, methodology and pedagogy have been developed, reviewed, and fine-tuned. Today, VR is used for a large variety of innovative experimental settings and for learning through novel multimodal experiences. The contributions in Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften. Konzepte, Methoden und interkulturelle Anwendungen provide insight into ongoing research and innovation at universities across Europe. The volume thus contributes to the discourse around immersive technologies in digital research, learning, and everyday life in the digital sphere.
Karsten and Timo, the editors of this book, extend their heartfelt thanks to all contributors. It has been a great pleasure to work with such experienced experts and young scholars alike to put together a remarkable publication!
Here is the full table of contents:
Karsten Senkbeil, Timo Ahlers
Einleitung: Von Avatargender bis Zeitmaschine – Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften …………………………… 7
Simon Adler, Pia Bothe, Martin Kreyssig, Daniel Ackermann
Virtuelle Welten als Grenzobjekte technischer Systeme für Arbeits- und Lernprozesse ……………………………………………………. 23
Keith Begley
The Metaphysics of Communication in Virtual Reality …… 43
Deborah Hennig, Birte Heinemann, Ilona Cwielong, Ulrik Schroeder, Sven Kommer
VR-Simulation(en) zur Förderung der Professionalität von Lehrkräften während der ersten Ausbildungsphase ……………………………………. 57
Gillian Martin, Breffni O’Rourke, Sina Werner
The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange ………………………………………….. 81
Olga Neuberger, Inga Lotta Limpinsel, Sandra Aßmann
Zwischen zwei Welten. Zum Verhältnis von Präsenz und Media Awareness während einer virtuellen Geländeführung ………………………………………………………… 107
Virginie Privas-Bréauté
Experimenting Virtual Reality as an Enactive Educational Approach in Foreign Language Teacher Education: Perceptions and Recommendations …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 131
Patrick Rössler, Yvonne Brandenburger, Rolf Kruse, Aditya Madawana, Justin Richter
Reisen in der Zeitmaschine – Historische VR-Anwendungen in der Kunstgeschichte …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 155
Nora Schumann
(Un)doing Gender in Virtual Reality – Dekonstruktion von Geschlecht durch aktive Gestaltung von Avataren ………………………………………………….. 175
Karsten Senkbeil
Communication in Hybrid Presence – Concepts for the Analysis of Social Virtual Reality in the Humanities ……………………………………………… 205
Axel Wiepke, Francesco Belli, Martin H. Fischer, Alex Miklashevsky
Embodied Learning in Virtual Reality ………………………………….. 235
Andreas Wirag
L2 Vocabulary Learning in Virtual Reality Applications – Where We Are and Where We Are Going …………………………………………………… 255