{"id":7494,"date":"2024-11-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7494"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:54:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:54:49","slug":"disco-elysium-political-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/disco-elysium-political-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Disco Elysium: political analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3441-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Political science Professor Nicholas Kiersey presents the political analysis of Disco Elysium and the communards Tuesday in Liberal Arts North Building Room 101.  \nCeleste Cruz\/Vaquero Radio\n\" class=\"wp-image-7495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3441-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3441-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3441-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3441-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3441-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Political science Professor Nicholas Kiersey presents the political analysis of Disco Elysium and the communards Tuesday in Liberal Arts North Building Room 101.  <br><\/em><strong>Celeste Cruz\/Vaquero Radio<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Disco-E-4_mixdown.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Political Science Association hosted Disco Elysium and the communards Tuesday in the Liberal Arts Building North, where Professor Nicholas Kiersey spoke about the political implications of the video game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiersey, of the Political Science department, explained what drew his attention to the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIn 2015, in 2016, I was big into \u2026 thinking about the significance of [U.S. Sen.] Bernie Sanders,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy was he important? An American guy, American politician, old Jewish New York politician calling himself a Democratic socialist. Like, what&#8217;s up with that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained what political themes stand out in the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe game does have someone in a wheelchair and the game does have a lot of people with mental illnesses,\u201d Kiersey said. \u201cAnd it handles all these things in compassionate ways. It doesn&#8217;t belittle anyone, it deals with the question of access very well. Other people talk about how the game kind of functions, like, as a metaphor for international relations. \u2026 Other people talk about the game as embodying some of our kind of subconscious cultural expectations about what life is like in post-Soviet Europe.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained why the setting and characters of the game are crucial for political ideologies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cSettings and characters are crucial because the game is very dialogic,\u201d Kiersey said. \u201cYou are gonna have this dialogic kind of interaction with all these characters in there. You\u2019re a character. You can develop any politics you want as a player. All these people have complicated things to say, which will shape how you think about those things that you&#8217;re trying to become in critical ways.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said what political theme resonated with him the most.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe left today can\u2019t be what it used to be in Marxist time,\u201d Kiersey said. \u201cIt can&#8217;t just be the working class versus capitalism. With the bourgeoisie, we have to have kinda of a broader sense of who the victims of capitalism are. It&#8217;s not just the working class anymore, it&#8217;s the ecology. It\u2019s all these sorts of voiceless elements and dynamics of our world that are worth preserving and fighting for. And human beings can work for them in our universe, but in this universe, there\u2019s magic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Political Science Association will plan similar events in the future. 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