Hartmut Koenitz
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Hartmut Koenitz
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Scholar, designer, artist. Working on interactive digital narrative and how to understand our complex world. Professor and student in the subject of life
President of ARDIN.
book: Understanding
Interactive Digital Narrative (2023): https://amzn.to/3OUEj32
Serbanescu, A., & Koenitz, H. (2024). The IDN Design Model: A Proposal for an Extended SPP Model. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
The IDN Design Model: A Proposal for an Extended SPP Model
The proliferation of AI systems has brought increased attention to the process of creating Interactive Digital Narratives (IDNs). There is still no formal IDN design model, as previous efforts were fo...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Koenitz, H. (2023). Understanding interactive digital narrative. Immersive Expressions for a Complex Time. Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative | Immersive Expressions fo
This remarkably clearly written and timely critical evaluation of core issues in the study and application of interactive digital narrative (IDN) untangles the
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April 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Roth, C., van Nuenen, T., & Koenitz, H. (2018). Ludonarrative hermeneutics: A way out and the narrative paradox. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Ludonarrative Hermeneutics: A Way Out and the Narrative Paradox
The practice of designing Interactive Digital Narratives [IDN] is often described as a challenge facing issues such as the “narrative paradox” and avoiding the unintentional creation of &#...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Koenitz, H. (2015). Towards a specific theory of interactive digital narrative. In H. Koenitz, G. Ferri, M. Haahr, & T. I. Sezen (Eds.), Interactive digital narrative (pp. 91–105). Routledge.
April 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Koenitz, H. (2010). Towards a Theoretical Framework for Interactive Digital Narrative. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Towards a Theoretical Framework for Interactive Digital Narrative
The emerging artistic practice of interactive narrative in digital media marks a profound departure from traditional narrative. The application of traditional narrative theory for interactive narrativ...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Koenitz, H. (2015). Towards a specific theory of interactive digital narrative. In H. Koenitz, G. Ferri, M. Haahr, & T. I. Sezen (Eds.), Interactive digital narrative (pp. 91–105). Routledge.
April 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In my mind, scholarly work is in continuously developing your thoughts and that also means checking whether there is a new version from an author I'm citing...

For reference, here is a bit of a trajectory (I'm also influenced heavily by Mirjam Eladhari's 2018 Retellings paper):
April 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
And this perspective ignores both psychological underpinnings routed in a badly organized unification by the Kohl government and an even longer term issue about a lack of democratic structures and thinking after 60 years of dictatorship
February 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM