Transgressive Narrative Framework: Expanding Interactive Digital Narrative Design Language with Queer Twists and Active Disruption of Belief
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Gasque, Terra
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Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN) research investigates how the computer's digital affordances allow for radically new manifestation of narratives. It challenges designers to create and researchers to examine these complex narrative experience work, by providing a space to examine the language of their design, offer guidance on the systems used, and provide examples of unique artifacts that disrupt our understanding of what a narrative can be. IDN currently suffers a limitation of language which overly focuses on immersion based design to the detriment of other design alternatives, curtails the inclusion of ambiguity within both interactor experience and artifact design, and avoids states of \textit{assumed} failure in IDN artifact research, design, and interpretation. This dissertation remediates these issues through the integration of concepts from Queer Theory, Japanese Media and Literature Studies, and Science Fiction Studies into IDN (such as: Queer Failure, Queer Utopia, Restorying, Kishotenketsu, and Cognitive Estrangement) and proposes of two new hybrid concepts, the Queer Twist and the Active Disruption of Belief. The Queer Twist aims to address concerns regarding the exclusion of failure, ambiguity, and lack of opportunities for artifact recontextualization while the Active Disruption of Belief expands on existing IDN terminology and principles to facilitate more broadly accessible research and design as well as reopen IDN design options beyond immersion-focused favoritism.
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2025-04-24
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