A contemporary Ukrainian research-based digital art game for developing narrative skills and cinema literacy
In collaboration with Kharkiv State Academy of Culture
The MSCA4Ukraine research program
Part of the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Project No. 1233058
Implementation time: 01/04/2023-31/03/2025
Researchers: PhD Yuliia Kovalenko, scientific supervisor Ieva Gintere
Budget: 146 659,20 EUR
The two researchers are working on an educational virtual environment "CineGame Ukraine" to represent modern Ukrainian cinema, as well as, in cooperation with the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, to support cinematography students in the process of creating cinema narrative and studying contemporary aesthetics.
The project envisages further development of modern cultural heritage and research on serious art games carried out at ViA since 2018.
Results
The CineGame prototype: https://cinegame.va.lv/
Q2 article: Gintere, I., Kovalenko, Y., Misjuns, A., Peters, J. (2025). The Weirdness – Openness Paradigm in Contemporary Aesthetics. Cogent Arts & Humanities (Q2). Taylor & Francis, doi: 10.1080/23311983.2025.2469438, available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2025.2469438
Article in the proceedings: Kovalenko, Y., Gintere, I., Misjuns, A. (2025). Using Serious Art Games to promote the Circulation of Ideas Embodied in Contemporary Aesthetics. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Computer Supported Education (CSEDU2025). Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication, Prague, SciTePress library.
Presentations at international scientific conferences
Kovalenko, Y., Gintere, I., Misjuns, A. (2025). Using Serious Art Games to promote the Circulation of Ideas Embodied in Contemporary Aesthetics. 17th International Conference of Computer Supported Education (CSEDU). Porto, 1st-3rd April 2025.
Kovalenko, Y. (2024). Immersive Narratives: Blending Cinematic Storytelling with Serious Gaming and Interactive Filmmaking. International Scientific Conference of Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences “Society. Technologies. Solutions”, April 12th, 2024.
Kovalenko, Y. (2024). Updating and preservation of audiovisual collections in the digital space of Ukraine. The 9th Baltic Sea Region Film History Conference. Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, June 6th-8th, 2024 “Exploring the Past and Future of Audiovisual Media in the Baltic Sea Region: Archives, Digital Platforms, Researchers and Spectators”.
Seminars and networking events
On October 22nd 2024, the results have been presented at the Ted4Lat Doctorate school of Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, Paris, https://ted4lat.workshop.inrae.fr/program
Kauno Kolegija Higher Education Institution International Days (Lithuania, 14-16 May 2024)
Staff training/teaching visit to the University of Donja Gorica (Montenegro, 22-26 April 2024), approved by MSCA as Erasmus+ funding
International Week “Connecting Europe!” (St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria, 25-28 November 2024)
Staff Training Week “Local and Global Education” (University of Akureyri, Iceland, 6-10 May 2024)
European Research & Innovation Days 2024 (Brussels, 20-21 March 2024)
2024 Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum (Berlin, 18-19 April 2024)
Steminist - Women in Science Week, organized by MSCA, February 2024
Professional development: language and cultural education
Latvian Language Course (B1 level) at the Educational Center “BUTS” in Valmiera (4 October – 29 November 2024)
English for Tourism and Latvian Language & Culture courses at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
