Independent Activities Period 2020 Enrollment: 16 participants: Advance sign-up required Participants can sign up for either, or both, days. Sign-up by 01/17 Location: 9-255 City Arena Play is used as a way to fortify the status of those who control the play …
IAP 2020: Playing Counter-Colonialism in the Americas Read more »
Mikael Jakobsson and I recently had a chance to discuss our research in colonialist themes in board games and making counter-colonialist games this past March, through a presentation at GDC’s Board Game Design Day and on Geoff Engelstein and Gil …
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.