when the Berlin wall was built? And who is head of state of North Korea? The supposed to be public knowledge. That, however, once a woman wanted to flee in the eviscerated belly of a dead cow from the DDR, have heard the least. The success you had with it.
Who wants to know more of such stories about Germany and Korea, can move in the game, “wall woodpeckers” at the Berlin wall memorial digital the past. For the game, an Installation with photos, graphics, maps and text block has been built in the memorial to German and Korean division history.
players need a Smartphone or a Tablet, you are at home or on – the-spot-Wi-Fi – the wall woodpeckers App store. Who has no such device, can borrow in the memorial Tablet. So, the players go in search of clues in the Installation and from the many information of the facts to an informative Text.
The player can call up the App and tap on a range of topics, for example “people”. Here you will find topics for the articles that you want to create, for example, “love”. A Text about a Person “looking for love, in the belly of a dead cow”.
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Each article consists of answers to six questions: Who can order what, where, when, how, and why. Some of these answers are already given, others need to Supplement the players. To do this, you need to read the text snippets in the Installation carefully and always think about what fits the story.
“In search of love, in the belly of a dead cow”
The article about the woman in the cow is the first question: Who is this Person? A note the word “Who” at the beginning of the Installation. White bars are blue, green and orange mounted boards with drawings of more or less known personalities from the division of stories.
The players will need to carefully read: To, among other things, the West Berlin students, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un. Who is looking for attention, “an 18-year-old woman from Karl-Marx-Stadt (former name, today: Chemnitz)”. The answer has a numerical code that is entered in the App. So the question is answered.
The fields “when?” and “Where?” is already filled in. It continues with, “What?” – the woman wants to escape to the West – and “How?” – in the belly of a dead cow. Why? That’s a given: you want your fiance to West Berlin.
Now all the fields are filled in, the article can be submitted. The App checks whether all the information is correct. If something is not right, asks the player to catch up on. If all the answers are correct, is the first Text to the “publication” is so stored in the App. For each finished article, players receive points.
at the beginning, the players set a playing time, then it threatens the editorial. So, the wall will run for woodpeckers, with time, more ambitious and want to quickly collect the last points, the Installation of and looking for key words, until the time is up. The small collection of data from all completed articles can be sent as tear down the Wall-newspaper by E-Mail or printed out on site.
history in a playful way to develop
what is Clear is that The game is not a replacement for a classic historical controversy. As Manfred Wichmann of the memorial stresses, however, it could arouse curiosity and digital motivate to develop the stories in a playful way. “The special charm is the combination of exhibition, communication, and play.”
30. Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, the Foundation supported the Berlin wall, the game “wall woodpeckers – from the DMZ to the Berlin wall” subject. DMZ – the demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea thinks. It is a project of the Goethe-Institut Korea and South Korea is a niche game manufacturer Nolgong and was created in cooperation with Arko – Arts Council Korea.
Also people with no technical or historical knowledge can be just try and wall woodpeckers, as Youeun Jung from the Goethe-Institut Korea explained. The game, the 24. January was also presented to the South Korean Dorasan near the demilitarized Zone, can also reach particularly the younger Generation, which knows no unified Korea. “The game will also arouse their interest in the topic.” Then you can reconstruct the playful stories about Wolf Biermann or the woman in the cow’s stomach.
individuals and groups can make the game even to 3. February, in the visitor center of the Berlin wall memorial, Bernauer Str. 119, try, Tuesday to Sunday, 10-18. Groups should register by E-Mail.
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