Publications
2016
- Role Playing Materials, Dissertation, Zauberfeder Verlag. Download: Link
- Larp und die (anderen) Künste, Bienia and Schlickmann (eds.), MittelPunkt Aufsatzsammlung 2016, Zauberfeder Verlag.
2015
- Larp: Zeug, Bienia and Schlickmann (eds.), MittelPunkt Aufsatzsammlung 2015, Zauberfeder Verlag.
- Costume Agency in German Larp. in “DiGRA ’15 – Proceedings of the 2015 DiGRA International Conference”. Digital Games Research Association, May, 2015″. Volume 12.
- ‘Exploring nonhuman perspectives in live-action role-play‘. In “Performance and Performativity in Fandom,” edited by Lucy Bennett and Paul J. Booth, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0631.
2014
- ‘Larp: Kommunikation’, Bienia (ed.), MittelPunkt Aufsatzsammlung 2014, Zauberfeder Verlag.
2013
- ‘Mythoskonstruktion im Liverollenspiel’, Trocha and Walowski (eds.), Homo mythicus. Mythische Identitätsmuster, Frank Timme.
- ‘Stimulation denn Simulation: Ist Larp hedonistisch?’, Zaremba (ed.), hedo/art/scenes. Hedonismus in Kunst und Jugendszenen, kopaed.
- ‘Das Computer-Rollenspiel-Genre’, Bigl and Stoppe (eds.), Playing with Virtuality. Theories and Methods of Computer Game Studies, PL.
- ‘Larp: Nur ein Spiel?’, Bienia and Dombrowski (eds.), MittelPunkt Aufsatzsammlung 2013, Zauberfeder Verlag.
2012
- ‘Why Do They Larp? Motivations for Larping in Germany’, in: Bowman and Vanek (eds.), Wyrd Con Companion 2012, p. 97-103.
- ‘Literatur als Aktant’, in: Hensel and Beil (eds.), Navigationen Magazin, University of Siegen
- ‘How to become a god … a polemic or a toolbox’, in: Dombrowski (ed.), MittelPunkt Aufsatzsammlung 2012 ‘Larp und ich’, Zauberfeder Verlag.
2011
- Writing Plot. Suggestions from Narratology. in: Andrea Castellani and J. Tuomas Harviainen (eds.), 1 ed., Larp Frescos. Affreschi antichi e moderni sui giochi di ruolo dal vivo. Vol. II , pp. 91-102. Larp Symposium: Firenze.
- BAM! ‘From Dusk till Dawn’: Gattungstypologische Betrachtung eines Nachtlarpies, in: Fandom Observer No. 266, 8/2011, pp. 14-15. Online: http://www.fandomobserver.de/pdf/266.pdf
- ‘Plot Schreiben – Anregungen aus der Erzähltheorie’, in: Dombrowski (ed.), MittelPunkt Aufsatzsammlung 2011 Larp: Über den Tellerrand, Zauberfeder Verlag.
Review of the book by J.T. Harviainen: “Rafael Bienia’s “Plot Schreiben” is this year’s highlight – a concise new contribution on the creation of game narratives.”
Selected non-academic articles
- LARPzeit. Sich auf’s Spiel einlassen – Was würde mein Charakter denken? Issue 37. 2012.
- more coming
Presentations & Workshops
2017
- Larp Studies Seminar (Kazimierz Wielki University)
Title: Future larp design, research and practice: Towards next generations of role playing.
Date: 29.04.2017
Place: Pyrkon festival, Poznan, Poland
2016
- Spiele spielen! 3. Mainzer Symposium der Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften
Title: Spieler spielen mit Spielzeug, oder? Eine Aktant-Netzwerkanalyse von Live-Rollenspielen
Date: 1.10.2016
Place: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz - Aktuelle Positionen der (inter-)nationalen Partizipations- und Fanforschung
Title: Latour’s “Networks, societies, spheres” for participation and fan studies
Date: 20.05.2016
Place: Philipps-Universität Marburg
2015
- Digital Games Research Association Conference
Title: Costume Agency in German Larp
Date: 14.05.2015
Place: Leuphana University, Lüneburg - RPG Summit at DiGRA Conference
Title: A Perspective for Exploring Material Agency in Role-Playing Game Studies
Date: 16.05.2015
Place: Leuphana University, Lüneburg
2014
- Games Couch Conference
Title: Perspektiven des Materiellen auf Digitale Spielewelten
Date: 2.12.2014
Place: Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Roxy Kino, Gießen
Video: YouTube (~43 minutes, German)
2013
- Lectures in the course Digital Media 2013
Topics: “Digital media”, “Interfaces”, “Video games”, “Creative industry”, “Digital art and literature”
Date: October – December 2013
Place: University College Maastricht, the Netherlands - STAGE#02: Protokolle
Title: Methoden der Spieleforschung. Protokollieren Ephemerer Spielpraktiken im Liverollenspiel
Date: 18.10.2013
Place: University of Cologne, Germany - DiGRA: DeFragging Game Studies
Title: Role-Playing Game Studies. A Handbook.
Role: Selected participant
Date: 27.08.2013
Place: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA - mash2013. Making and Sharing. Conference on Audience Creativity
Role: co-organiser and presenter
Title: Locations and User-Made Maps in German Live Action Role-Playing Games
Date: 4.07.2013
Place: Maastricht, The Netherlands - Physical and Digital in Games seminar, University of Tampere
Title: Agency of Game Materials in German larp
Date: 30.04.2013
Place: Tampere, Finland - University of Cologne
Title: Materials for Computer Role-Playing Games. Connecting Digital and Non-Digital Actors
Date: 24.1.2013
Place: Cologne, Germany - MittelPunkt 2013
Title: Larpforschung Ziele 2013. Konkretes aus dem Elfenbeinturm
Title: LIVE! Polish-German Larp Conversations
Dates: 11. and 12.1.2013
Place: Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
2012
- European Fandom and Fan Studies Symposium
Title: Crowdfunding and the Replacement of Investors with Fans
Date: 10.11.2012
Place: University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands - browsergames forum 2012
Title: Fanfunding
Date: 1.11.12
Place: Offenbach am Main, Germany - Role-Play Convention
Title: Workshop on Nordic role-playing studies or ‘Skandinavische Rollenspielforschung für Einsteiger’
Date: 5.05.2012
Place: Köln, Germany - Solmukohta 2012
Title: Ninja Ethnography: How to gather data during a larp
Date: 14.04.2012
Place: Helsinki, Finland - Role-playing in Games Seminar
Title: My dissertation project
Date: 10.04.2012
Place: University Tampere, Finland - LevelUp!-Kongress during LearnTec Karlsruhe Rheinstetten 2012.
Title: Escapism in Role-playing games or ‘Eskapismus als Teil eines gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozesses, Psychologie des Verschwindens, Soziologie des Einnehmens von Rollen‘
Date: 2.02.2012
Place: Karlsruhe, Germany - MittelPunkt 2012. MittelPunkt 2012 is the seventh international Larp conference in Germany.
Title: Actor-Network Theory in Role-Playing Games
Date: 15.01.2012
Place: Mainz, Germany
2011
- Narrative Genres im Internet und in anderen Neuen Medien
Title: MMORPG – Schmiede der digitalen Narration
Date: 4.03.2011
Place: Justus Liebig Universität Gießen, Germany
Teaching
2014
- Tutor Cultural Studies I, University College Maastricht
- Tutor Research & Writing II, Maastricht University
- B.A. supervisor
2013
- Coordinator and PBL Tutor for Digital Media, University College Maastricht
October – December 2013 - Skills Training (Blog, Wiki), Maastricht University
September – December 2013 - B.A. supervisor
2012
- PBL Tutor for Digital Media, University College Maastricht
October – December 2012 - Skills Training (Blog, Wiki, Video editing), Maastricht University
September – December 2012 - PBL Tutor for Digital Games, Maastricht University
January – March 2012 - PBL Tutor for Analysis of Literature and Painting, Maastricht University
March – June 2012
2011
- Skills Training (Blog, Wiki, Video editing), Maastricht University
September – December 2011 - PBL Tutor for Digital Media, University College Maastricht
November – December 2011
