Banca de DEFESA: ZARA CRISTINA DE ANDRADE BARBOSA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : ZARA CRISTINA DE ANDRADE BARBOSA
DATA : 16/02/2017
HORA: 18:00
LOCAL: Lab. Psicologia
TÍTULO:

PHENOMENOLOGICAL-EXISTENTIAL UNDERSTANDING OF ROLE PLAYING GAMES (RPG): UNVEILING SENSES

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Role Playing Game; RPG players; Heideggerian Hermeneutic Phenomenology; Phenomenological research.

PÁGINAS: 105
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Humanas
ÁREA: Psicologia
RESUMO:

This work is a Phenomenological-Existential and Heideggerian-inspired qualitative research,

done with Role Playing Game (RPG) players. The literature review showed that the academic

production in the Psychology field about the RPG in Brasil is small, but in the Education and

Psychology fields, the studies are growing and adresses, mostly, the use of the game inside

the classrooms as a facilitating tool of the teaching-learning process. Some studies point to the

effectiveness of the game on the teaching of school subjects. Ohter studies, focuses on the

benefits for the development and stimulation of memory and attention, and improvement of

the reading and writing performance. Abroad, there is a higher flow of studies in Psychology,

addressing the benefits on the improvement of the cognitive performance, development of

social skills, creation of support groups and conflicts resolution. These studies gives the

support to think and discuss the game with a bias beyond the pedagogical one, worrying to

look to the RPG player while being-in-the-world that, when inhabiting its existence, thinks

and gives meanings to its experiences. Therefore, this research aims to understand, in the light

of Heideggerian hermeneutics, the experience of being a RPG player. Narrative interviews

were conducted with three RPG players with a triggering question about his experience as a

player. The data were analyzed based on the phenomenological hermeneutic method of

Heideggerian inspiration, because it allows an understanding view of the phenomenon. It was

possible to perceive, from the players' narratives, that the game provides a space in which

they feel free to be themselves, occupying a place of great importance in their lives.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Externo ao Programa - 1879584 - ANA KARINA SILVA AZEVEDO
Externo à Instituição - ANA MARIA MONTE COELHO FROTA - UFC
Presidente - 106.488.444-04 - ELZA MARIA DO SOCORRO DUTRA - USP