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Interactive Digital Narrative as a Medium for Complex Times: An Interview with Hartmut Koenitz
| Summary: | This interview with Prof. Hartmut Koenitz establishes IDN as a computationally grounded medium requiring distinct theoretical frameworks. Drawing from cybernetics and systems theory, Koenitz argues that interactive feedback loops fundamentally distinguish IDN from traditional narrative forms. His SPP (System, Process, Product) model conceptualizes IDNs as dynamic systems generating meaning through participant interaction. He advocates IDN's particular capacity to represent complexity through multiple simultaneous perspectives, contextual decision-making, and consequence visualization. Koenitz positions generative AI as a tool for expanding procedural narrative design while maintaining authorial control. He emphasizes the need for globally inclusive IDN research, particularly formalization of non-Western narrative structures, to advance culturally diverse expressive forms suitable for twenty-first-century complexity. |
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| Main Authors: | Desai, Mehulkumar |
| Other Authors: | T., Shanmugapriya; Koenitz, Hartmut |
| Subject: | Entrevistas |
| Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
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| Associated institution: | UMinho Editora |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | H2D: Revista de Humanidades Digitais |
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| datacite.titles.title.fl_str_mv | Interactive Digital Narrative as a Medium for Complex Times: An Interview with Hartmut Koenitz A narrativa digital interativa como meio para tempos complexos: uma entrevista com Hartmut Koenitz |
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| dc.description.none.fl_str_mv | Esta entrevista com o Prof. Hartmut Koenitz define a IDN como um meio com base computacional que requer quadros teóricos distintos. Baseando-se na cibernética e na teoria dos sistemas, Koenitz defende que os ciclos de retroalimentação interativos distinguem fundamentalmente a IDN das formas narrativas tradicionais. O seu modelo SPP (Sistema, Processo, Produto) conceitualiza as IDNs como sistemas dinâmicos que geram significado através da interação dos participantes. Defende a capacidade específica das IDN para representar a complexidade através de múltiplas perspetivas simultâneas, da tomada de decisões contextualizada e da visualização das consequências. Koenitz posiciona a IA generativa como uma ferramenta para expandir o design narrativo processual, mantendo simultaneamente o controlo autoral. Salienta a necessidade de uma investigação globalmente inclusiva sobre as IDN, em particular a formalização de estruturas narrativas não ocidentais, para promover formas expressivas culturalmente diversificadas, adequadas à complexidade do século XXI. |
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| dc.title.fl_str_mv | Interactive Digital Narrative as a Medium for Complex Times: An Interview with Hartmut Koenitz A narrativa digital interativa como meio para tempos complexos: uma entrevista com Hartmut Koenitz |
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| description | This interview with Prof. Hartmut Koenitz establishes IDN as a computationally grounded medium requiring distinct theoretical frameworks. Drawing from cybernetics and systems theory, Koenitz argues that interactive feedback loops fundamentally distinguish IDN from traditional narrative forms. His SPP (System, Process, Product) model conceptualizes IDNs as dynamic systems generating meaning through participant interaction. He advocates IDN's particular capacity to represent complexity through multiple simultaneous perspectives, contextual decision-making, and consequence visualization. Koenitz positions generative AI as a tool for expanding procedural narrative design while maintaining authorial control. He emphasizes the need for globally inclusive IDN research, particularly formalization of non-Western narrative structures, to advance culturally diverse expressive forms suitable for twenty-first-century complexity. |
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| spelling | UMinho EditoraenThis interview with Prof. Hartmut Koenitz establishes IDN as a computationally grounded medium requiring distinct theoretical frameworks. Drawing from cybernetics and systems theory, Koenitz argues that interactive feedback loops fundamentally distinguish IDN from traditional narrative forms. His SPP (System, Process, Product) model conceptualizes IDNs as dynamic systems generating meaning through participant interaction. He advocates IDN's particular capacity to represent complexity through multiple simultaneous perspectives, contextual decision-making, and consequence visualization. Koenitz positions generative AI as a tool for expanding procedural narrative design while maintaining authorial control. He emphasizes the need for globally inclusive IDN research, particularly formalization of non-Western narrative structures, to advance culturally diverse expressive forms suitable for twenty-first-century complexity. ptEsta entrevista com o Prof. Hartmut Koenitz define a IDN como um meio com base computacional que requer quadros teóricos distintos. Baseando-se na cibernética e na teoria dos sistemas, Koenitz defende que os ciclos de retroalimentação interativos distinguem fundamentalmente a IDN das formas narrativas tradicionais. O seu modelo SPP (Sistema, Processo, Produto) conceitualiza as IDNs como sistemas dinâmicos que geram significado através da interação dos participantes. Defende a capacidade específica das IDN para representar a complexidade através de múltiplas perspetivas simultâneas, da tomada de decisões contextualizada e da visualização das consequências. Koenitz posiciona a IA generativa como uma ferramenta para expandir o design narrativo processual, mantendo simultaneamente o controlo autoral. Salienta a necessidade de uma investigação globalmente inclusiva sobre as IDN, em particular a formalização de estruturas narrativas não ocidentais, para promover formas expressivas culturalmente diversificadas, adequadas à complexidade do século XXI.engenInteractive Digital Narrative as a Medium for Complex Times: An Interview with Hartmut KoenitzptA narrativa digital interativa como meio para tempos complexos: uma entrevista com Hartmut KoenitzTranslatedTitleDesai, MehulkumarDesaiMehulkumarIndian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.T., ShanmugapriyaT.ShanmugapriyaIndian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), DhanbadKoenitz, HartmutKoenitzHartmutSödertörn UniversityEISSN2184-562XIsPartOf2026-07-24DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21814/h2d.7580http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessEntrevistashttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.2026-07-24fulltextapplication/pdfH2D|Revista de Humanidades Digitais81 |
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