Marie Dalby

Kort presentation

I am a lecturer at the Centre for Gender Research.

My research exists at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and digital game studies.

I have a broad general interest in feminist theory and philosophy, and a particular interest in questions pertaining to subjectivity and desire.

Nyckelord

• queer theory
• Lacanian feminism
• video games
• game studies
• queer game studies
• psychoanalysis
• feminist methodologies
• digital technologies

Biografi

Academic background

2020-2025 I did my PhD studies at the Centre for Gender Research and the Department of Game Design.

Teaching

I currently teach a BA course on intersectionality and postcolonialism, as well as an MA course on advanced feminist theory.

2021-2025 I taught BA and MA level courses at the Department of Game Design with a focus on gender, power, representation and video games.

Other

2022-2023 I worked as book review editor at lambda nordica.

Forskning

Ongoing projects

I am a part of the CIRCUS funded research network TAG which examines the relationship between games, gender, sexuality, mental health, and prosocial and antisocial behavior.

Dissertation work

My doctoral thesis Dark Souls of Desire: Video Games, Queer Theory, and Lacanian Feminism bridges gender studies and game studies through a conversation between Lacanian feminism, queer theory, and the video game Dark Souls. The thesis demonstrates how Lacanian feminist conceptualizations of the subject as a subject of desire can reorient and revitalize queer game studies into a field capable of tackling the complex queer politics of desire.