Miniaturisation and the representation of military geographies in recreational wargaming

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ID3977442
AuthorsRichard Yarwood (0000-0002-7843-3928, University of Plymouth, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume16
Issue6
Pages654-674
Publication date2015-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2014.1001430
OpenAlexW2011108690
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited56

Miniaturisation affects space in many ways: projecting it, transforming it and co-producing it with those who make and gaze upon models. This paper draws on Stewart's work On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection (Durham: Duke University Press, 1993) to demonstrate how concepts of miniaturisation have the ability to contribute to geographical study. The empirical focus for the paper is a study of scale models deployed in the hobby of miniature or figure wargames in which players fight battles on the table top using model terrain and miniature figures. In this paper, I use examples of scaled terrain and figures to explore the process of miniaturisation and how this represents and transforms space. In doing so, the paper contributes to understanding the ways in which military geographies are represented through the media of models and performances of playing with them

Aesthetics · Art · Cartography · Focus (optics · Geography · Hobby · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Recreation · Representation (politics · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Terrain · Visual arts · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Spatial and Cultural Studies

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