Projects from Julia Quast
Faculty of Arts and Humanities ? Historisches Institut ? Contemporary History
Let's Play History! Historical Culture between Gaming and Content Creation
The “Let's Play History!” project is the first in the German-speaking world to focus on the concept of streaming and Let's Play historical games. While intensive research is already being conducted on computer games with historical content, we want to make the commentary level the center of the discussion. Streamers can rightly be considered ...
Duration: 10/2025 - 10/2025
World War Two and its (un-)profitability
The project focuses on historical narratives as they are depicted on YouTube. YouTube is a so-called attention-economy as its core asset is the attention of its audience, which they in turn sell to advertisers. This project aims to shed light on the production conditions and setting, how the necessity for selling a (historical) product shapes these ...
Duration: 11/2023 - 10/2026