On
April 1St (2019), Professor Shigehisa Kuriyama gave a lecture at
Ludics Seminar at Harvard University: “How the Invention of New Games Could
Revitalize the Humanities”. According to his view, the majority of conferences
and workshops are games with just two rules: The Requirement to address a
particular theme or topic, and a limited time. These rules have not served as
well: The majority of conferences and workshops are dull, and most participants
go mainly for the informal exchanges outside of the formal sessions. In his
presentation at Harvard University, he talked about how devising new games with
their rules might engender much livelier, more stimulating gatherings, and
transform humanistic inquiry into a more communal activity.
Photo: Meral Ekincioglu