Abstract
The purpose of this research is to show the changing face of cultural participation in hidden sub-cultures of the West. Through repackaging social partnership to adapt to post-modern realities, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Gamers establish community, identity, and social mobilization through tabletop wargaming. This research is a call for anthropologists to expand their presence on social media as a means of understanding shifting images of culture. It is also a call for Christian participation in all segments of society.
Highlights
The purpose of this research is to show the changing face of cultural participation in hidden subcultures of the West
The first avenue is the social media and online formats through which the Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game” (MESBG) community stays engaged with their hobby by way of imagined spaces
The social performance I observed of Irish, English, Canadian, and American individuals represented an integrated network of a Western subculture that put energy, finances, and planning into attending what constituted a ceremonial commencement of the tournament. It mirrored the individual conversations I had with a Tennessean, Arkansan, and Quebecois who had traveled to Washington D.C. alone to engage in their passion of playing the MESBG
Summary
Through repackaging social partnership to adapt to post-modern realities, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Gamers establish community, identity, and social mobilization through tabletop wargaming. This research is a call for anthropologists to expand their presence on social media as a means of understanding shifting images of culture. It is a call for Christian participation in all segments of society. Challenges the notion of cultural loss in the West This ethnography will illustrate through tabletop wargaming communities how hidden cultures establish new formations of artistic expression. My argument here is that Western societies repackage cultural participation as a means of adaptation to post-modern realities. It is worth noting that both Christianity and anthropology have a call to narrate the lives of the underrepresented, something I endeavor to do here
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