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January 2019

IAP 2019: Board Games and Counter Colonialism in the Americas

January 16, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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An event every day that begins at 1:00 pm, repeating until January 17, 2019

E15-335, 20 Ames St
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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IAP Class, limited enrollment: What messages and ideologies are embedded in the games we play, why does it matter, and how can we do better? In this two day workshop, we will look at contemporary board games with colonialist themes set in the Americas. We will discuss and play the games using a critical postcolonial lens in order to see how we can understand the function of these cultural artifacts in a greater political context. We will look at problematic issues which are prevalent in current commercial games, but we will also look at examples of counter-colonialist games.

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