Daniel Riha

Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Electronic Culture and Semiotics, Faculty Member

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I am active in the Digital Humanities area of research with special focus on the utilization of videogames for serious applications.

Curriculum designer and senior lecturer for New Media and Creative Arts modules at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Director of Publications at Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, United Kingdom (2010-2012).

2010-2016: Member of Advisory Board at Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Oxford, United Kingdom.

2008-2016: Cyber Hub Leader at Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Award-winning Net-Artist.
2004: Kunst am Bau - International Art Competition. Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Serious Game Concept Developer and Writer. Multi-user Worlds Designer.

Chair for the international conferences:
Videogame Cultures
Digital Memories
Cybercultures
Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture and Science Fiction
Urban Popcultures

Editor of several volumes in the area of creative arts and new media.

Interested in international and multi-disciplinary academic cooperation.

Senior lecturer in Erasmus for teachers EU programme.
Address: U Krize 8
15800 Prague
Czech Republic

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Frontiers of Cyberspace

The content of this volume reflects theoretical and practical discussions on cultural issues infl... more The content of this volume reflects theoretical and practical discussions on cultural issues influenced by increased adoption of information and communication technologies. The penetration of new forms of communication, such as online social networking, internet video-casting, and massive online multiplayer gaming; the experience and exploration of virtual worlds; and the massive adoption of ever-emergent ICT technologies; are all developments in desperate need of serious examination. It is not surprising that these new realities, and the questions and issues to which they give rise, have drawn increasing attention from academics. Those engaging these issues do so from a wide range of academic fields. Accordingly, the authors contributing to this volume represent an impressive array of academic disciplines and varied perspectives, including philosophy, sociology, religion, anthropology, digital humanities, literature studies, film science, new media studies and still others. Thus, the subsequent chapters offer the reader a multidimensional examination of this volume’s unifying theme: the ways and extent to which current and anticipated cybernetic environments have altered, and will continue to shape, our understandings of what it means to be human.

Videogame Studies: Concepts, Cultures, Communications

Videogame Studies: Concepts, Cultures and Communication explores the ever-expanding field of game... more Videogame Studies: Concepts, Cultures and Communication explores the ever-expanding field of game studies. Included in this volume is the research and insights of experts in multiple interdisciplinary fields, focused on the construction of new frameworks for understanding games as narrative artifacts, technological systems, cultural indicators, social communities, educators and works of art. Games and game-structures permeate every aspect of our lives, and provide more than simple entertainment to the millions of players immersed and engaged in games on a daily basis.

The sixteen authors in this volume provide new thoughts on the rapid expansion of both the game industry and game academia, and cover a wide range of topics, including the rise and fall of in-game communities; the place of digital versus analog games in current methodology; the particular relationship between player, avatar, and identity; the design of educational and serious games; the social structures, needs, and desires of social game players; the performance aspect of interactive media; and the economic consequences of game production. This collection aims to inspire further research in numerous areas of game studies, and is a valuable addition to the growing discourse of a rapidly evolving field of study.

Emerging Practices in Cyberculture and Social Networking

This book aims to present how emergent media penetrate all fields of human cultural activity. The... more This book aims to present how emergent media penetrate all fields of human cultural activity. The content of this volume reflects theoretical and practical discussions on cultural issues influenced by increased adoption of information and communication technologies. New media and Web 2.0 raise increasing attention of academics from wide range of disciplines. Papers, included in this volume, cover a coherent choice of topics selected with respect to the actual state of inter-disciplinary debate on emerging media.

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