Game Devs of Color Expo, 23-27th

Coming to your screen September 23–27, 2021, the 6th annual Game Devs of Color Expo is dedicated to amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games
Kayode Ceiriog Shonibare-Lewis (he/him)

Our own Kayode “K” Shonibare-Lewis is giving a talk on the 25th, titled “Racial Bias, Reverse Heredity and the Parents of Custom Avatars”

Tickets to participate in the whole conference, September 23-27, 2021, are available here.

Students from the Department of Game Design can apply for partial funding, which is paid retroactively. Contact gamedesign@speldesign.uu.se for the application.

Open lecture: Game design, Witches and Transformation

  • Date: 16 November, 12:00–12:30
  • Location: Zoom
Professor Doris Rusch at the Department of Game Design, Uppsala University

Playfulness is the key transformation. Games are the key to the embodied experience of alternative ways of acting & being. How can we harness the alchemy of play for the transformation of Self and others? Prof. Rusch discusses lessons learnt from her Deep Game Design work & the creation of The Witch’s Way a game that sources imagery ritual and symbolism for personal empowerment and inner integrity

Klick here to come directly to the zoom-meeting

UppTalk Weekly is a popular science seminar series via Zoom where you get to enjoy interesting conversations and interdisciplinary panel discussions with researchers from Uppsala University every Tuesday at lunch. The conversations revolve around socially relevant topics and where you as an audience have the opportunity to ask questions to our researchers. UppTalk Weekly is a part of the Faculty for Science and Technology’s online continuing education initiative for alumni and society.

Read more about UppTalk Weekly here