Public Online Lecturehttps://dieangewandte-at.zoom.us/j/65745833786Game designer Alex Knight's stated aim is to make games "empowering people to make positive change in the world".
His first work, Land and Freedom, is an anti-fascist boardgame dealing with the history of the Spanish Revolution and Civil
War. Using a series of innovative game mechanisms, this semi-cooperative game shows the difficulties of uniting diverse actors
to tackle a common threat.
In his lecture, Alex will talk about his work and
investigate the question of how games can motivate political thought and action. Do have games the power to change someone's
way of thinking? Are there specific game mechanisms that lend themselves more to emancipatory content than others? And is
there still a place for boardgames in a world dominated by videogames?
Lecture and discussion will be in English.
Hosted by the boardgame researcher Dr. Thomas Brandstetter, fellow nd researcher EXPERIMENTAL GAME CULTURES.
The
lecture is part of the project "The Psycho-Ludic Approach: Exploring play for a viable future“ AR787 (FEF/PEEK).
psycholudic.uni-ak.ac.at
