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Catalogue of Initiatives
Frontiers: you’ve reached Fortress Europe
Purpose
- Other purpose
Frontiers is a 3-D online multiplayer game that leads its players to the borders of Europe. It portrays a refugee itinerary from the sub-Sahara region to Europe. As a refugee or border patrol players get to know the border and the life behind it from both sides – in the Sahara, the Spanish city Ceuta, the beaches in southern Spain or the rainy Container in Rotterdam. The game portrays a major migration itinerary from Sub-Sahara to Europe. The players face up to four border situations on their route and a final dream-like landscape filled with interviews and material from the research undertaken by the team of experts which was involved in the development of the game. Every map is based on reallocations and on the stories of people, who experience those borders as insurmountable frontiers in their struggle to find peace and a place to survive.
| Title | Frontiers: you’vereached Fortress Europe |
|---|---|
| Date launched | 2008 (the first beta) |
| Duration | Completed |
| Type of Resource | Other [3-D Multi-Player Game] |
| Purpose | Other Purpose [Raising Awareness on the journey of refugees to Europe] |
| Online or Blended | OL |
| Learning objectives | The aim of the game is provide players experiences that are related to political matters of migration and refugees. Also, the game aims to set geographical places and political fields into context in order to enhance the perception and understanding of the migrant’s situation above a casual level of catastrophic news. |
| Target group | Other [Everyone interested in the refugee crisis] |
| Evaluation results/ monitoring plan | In 2012 the Frontiers was awarded with the Austrian Outstanding Artist Award for interdisciplinary works. Game reviews are also available on the game website. |
| Recognition or certification of learning | NA |
| Financing and sustainability model | Sponsored by: bm:uk, European cultural foundation, Kultur Land Salzburg, KulturStadt: Salzburg, Erste-SalzburgerSparkasseKulturfonds |
| Leading Organization | Austrian artist group gold extra |
| Contact Person | Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Website | https://www.frontiers-game.com/ |
