Philipp Bojahr is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the CGL working in the field of game studies and game design with a focus on new media applications in museums and other cultural contexts. As part of his tandem position, he also works in this field on a practical level at the Siegerlandmuseum in Siegen, where he serves as curator with a focus on multimedia and multimodal presentation.
He studied media studies (B.A.) and media culture (M.A.) at the University of Siegen and received his doctorate in media and theatre studies from the University of Cologne for his work on aesthetic and technical visual forms of montage/assembly in videogames (“Visuelle Montageformen des Computerspiels”).
Research Priorities
- theoretical and practical intersections between game studies, museology and art history
- innovative forms of communication in cultural contexts, including hybrid modes of presentation and technology, physical computing etc.
- media archeology of digital and analog games
- theory of dysfunctions and errors in games and digital media
- cultural memory studies
Current Research Projects
- “Konzeptentwicklung: Höhlenerlebniszentrum”, research cooperation with the municipality Engelskirchen
- “Entwicklung eines Lehr-Lern-Portals zur Storytelling-App NoLi“, funded by RheinEnergieStiftung
- “(Digital) Youth Art Year: ‚No end to the road‘ – Fellowships für junge Erwachsene zur Erprobung hybrider Produktionen im Raum zwischen 0 und 1“, together with Kulturforum Witten, funded by Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
- “Transformation – Eiszeit digital erleben“, research project for the Neanderthalmuseum, funded by Kulturstiftung der Länder / Die Beauftrage der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
- “Erika-Fuchs-Haus 4.0”, research cooperation with the city Schwarzenbach
