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Robert Houghton
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Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
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They find ways to talk about indigenous language rights and #raciolinguistic ideologies through ludic toponymy, and on balance they emerge as anti-imperialist thinkers who are savvy about the silences of Civ, and struggle against them.

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Against the game: Sid Meier’s Civilization and vernacular theories of language | Language in Society | Cambridge Core
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