War Games / Puro Vacilón.
The idea of the serious game as a metaphor and as an actuality comes up in constantly in border surveillance. This article looks at two contrasting examples of interactive performances that we are asked (asked?) to take seriously (?): the US border-related reenactment pieces Pulpo and Oracle by Mexi...
| Publicado en: | Latin American Research Review Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 671 - 689 |
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Cambridge University Press
2018
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