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A Dragon Age and Philosophy Podcast


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14 May 2021 / JJF / 1 Comment

Andraste’s Gadfly is a podcast about the Dragon Age game series and Philosophy.
Kira Tomsons and Jill Fellows are two philosophers who also happen to be fans of
the Dragon Age games, and of video gaming more generally. In this podcast they
apply philosophical theories and concepts to the Dragon Age games in order to
explore the games themselves. From ethical theories to examinations of
sexuality, from theories of knowledge to examinations of identity, the podcast
explores what philosophy can teach us about these games, and what these games
can teach us about the world we live in.

 

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EPISODE 7: BUT ALL THE CODEX ENTRIES!!!

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Episode 7: But All The Codex Entries!!!
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 1:17:32 | Recorded on 23 June
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Kira and Jill are back! And this time it is all about Trust in Thedas. Can we
trust our companions? (Blackwall, Anders and Solas, I’m looking at you!!) Is DA
2 told by a reliable narrator? Can we trust the history we learn through all the
codex entries? There are so many codex entries? Why would there be so many codex
entries if the history is wrong? (Shout out to the people responsible at BioWare
for writing all the codex entries! Kira read them all!!)

We will examine trust and testimony in a philosophical sense, and then apply
philosophical concepts to the Dragon Age world, history and characters to see
what we can learn!




EPISODE SIX: JUSTICE, VENGEANCE, POTAYTO, POTAHTO

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Episode Six: Justice, Vengeance, Potayto, Potahto
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In this episode, Kira and Jill examine some more mini moral dilemmas: The
treatment of Loghain at the end of DAO, the treatment of Anders at the end of
DA2 and the treatment of the Wardens after the Adamant quest in DAI. We bring
back some of the ethical theories from our first episode (Consequentialism,
Deontology and Virtue ethics). And we add two theories of justice to the mix to
help us think through these moral dilemmas in the Dragon Age world.



If you like the podcast, you can buy us a coffee (or tea, or–more likely–hot
chocolate).

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EPISODE FIVE: NO MORE HIP SWAY!

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Episode Five: No More Hip Sway!
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In this episode, Kira and Jill discuss the way gender is represented across all
three Dragon Age games. We consider character creation, gender roles and gender
and power in Thedas, the performance of gender in the game, and gender identity.

References:

de Beauvoir, Simone (1953) The Second Sex, translated by H.M. Parshley, New
York: Knopf.

Richardson, Sarah S., (2012) “Sexing the X: How the X became the ‘Female
Chromosome'” Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 37 No. 4


EPISODE FOUR: “ARE TWO SUCCESSES A FAILURE?”

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Episode Four: "Are Two Successes a Failure?"
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In this episode Kira and Jill discuss personal identity and sense of self as
presented in the Dragon Age games. From Anders and Justice, to Flemith and
Mythal to Cole’s transformation from spirit-like to human-like, questions
regarding identity are peppered throughout these games. Over and over in the
games we are invited to ask what makes someone the person that they are, and
what makes someone the same person over time, regardless of how many different
bodies they may or may not be occupying. Using philosophical theories and
concepts from Rene Descartes, John Locke, Hilde Lindemann, Susan Brison and
Derek Parfit, Kira and Jill examine what the Dragon Age games have to say about
personal identity.



If you like the podcast, you can buy us a coffee (or tea, or–more likely–hot
chocolate).

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References:

Brison, Susan (1996) “Outliving Oneself: Trauma, Memory and Personal Identity”
(in Feminists Rethink the Self (Feminist Theory and Politics Series,) Diana T.
Meyers ed.) Westview Press.

Bostrom, N. (2005) “A History of Transhumanist Thought” Journal of Evolution and
Technology. 14 (1).

Descartes, Rene (2008) Meditations on First Philosophy (M. Moriarty, trans.).
Oxford University Press

Lindemann, Hilde ((2014) Holding On and Letting Go: The Social Practice of
Personal Identities, Oxford University Press

Locke, John, and P.H. Nidditch (1979) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding,
Clarendon Press.

Parfit, Derek (1987) Reasons and Persons, Clarendon Press




EPISODE THREE: “HUMANS ARE THE WORST”

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Episode Three: "Humans Are the Worst"
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In this episode, Kira and Jill examine depictions of oppression and resistance
in the Dragon Age games. We draw on the works of Marilyn Frye for understanding
oppression. We also draw on standpoint theory, a feminist theory of knowledge
developed by Donna Haraway, Sandra Harding and Nancy Hartsock among others.
Finally, we draw on epistemologies of resistance as developed by José Medina. We
apply these philosophical concepts to the representations of the city elves and
the circle mages in Fereldon and the Free Marches within the Dragon Age games.
And we draw some conclusions about how oppression functions in the games, and
how that might inform our understanding of oppression in North American society.



If you like the podcast, you can buy us a coffee (or tea, or–more likely–hot
chocolate).

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Works Cited:

Frye, Marilyn (2000) “Oppression” in Lorraine Code, Encyclopedia of Feminist
Theories, London and New York: Routledge. Pp. 370

Haraway, Donna (1988) “Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and
the Privilege of Partial Perspective,” Feminist Studies, Vol, 14. Pp. 575-599

Harding, Sandra (2015) Objectivity and Diversity: Another Logic of Scientific
Research, University of Chicago Press

Hartsock, Nancy (1998) “Marxist Feminist Dialectics for the 21st Century” in
Science and Society, Vol. 62, No. 3. Pp. 400-413

Medina José (2012) The Epistemology of Resistance, Oxford University Press




EPISODE TWO: “STABBY STAB STAB!”

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Episode Two: "Stabby Stab Stab!"
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In this episode we examine the ways that love, sex, romance and relationships
are presented in Dragon Age 2. We apply the Ancient Philosophical concepts of
Eros, Agape and Philia to examine different representations of love in the game.
And we discuss Sex Negative Feminism, Sex Positive Feminism, and the Gender
Binary to examine ways the game may be reinforcing or challenging pervasive
tropes that exist in Western culture regarding sex, and desire.

Why is the episode called “stabby stab stab?” Listen to find out!

If you like the podcast, you can buy us a coffee (or tea, or–more likely–hot
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EPISODE ONE: “THE LEAST CRAPPY OPTION”

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Episode One: "The Least Crappy Option"
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In this episode we examine what we like to call “mini moral dilemmas”. We look
at three moral dilemmas that occur across the three Dragon Age games. We apply
three ethical theories: Kantian Deontology, Utilitarianism, and Ethics of Care
in order to illustrate what makes these moral dilemmas genuine dilemmas and to
illustrate how moral theories can help us thing about dilemmas more mindfully
both in virtual space and beyond!



If you like the podcast, you can buy us a coffee (or tea, or–more likely–hot
chocolate).

https://ko-fi.com/andrastesgadflydragonagephil


A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ANDRASTE’S GADFLY

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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 1:50 | Recorded on 19 October
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Want to know what Andraste’s Gadfly is about? Here’s a bit of an introduction to
the podcast of two philosophers who are slightly obsessed with the Dragon Age
games!



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