The idiosyncratic and surprising ways computer hobbyists in Czechoslovakia challenged the power of the oppressive political regime and harnessed early microcomputer technology for both entertainment and activism.
Civic Arts Series, “Gaming the Iron Curtain: Computer Games in Communist Czechoslovakia as Entertainment and Activism”
The idiosyncratic and surprising ways computer hobbyists in Czechoslovakia challenged the power of the oppressive political regime and harnessed early microcomputer technology for both entertainment and activism.
Jaroslav Švelch: “Czech Underground Rock Music: Forbidden Fandom”
An account of Czech underground rock music of the 60s, 70s and 80s when rock music was considered suspicious and counterrevolutionary.
GAMBIT Videogame Lecture Series
Members of Comparative Media Studies’ GAMBIT Research Staff will deliver from 2-3PM each day a different videogame-based lecture.
