Poster Information
| Title | Re:Activism |
| Presenter(s) | Charles Yust and Leanne Wagner |
| Session | Conference Reception, Game Exhibition, and Poster Session |
| Time | Thursday, October 9, 6:00p-8:00p |
| Location | East Lansing Technology Innovation Center |
| Format | Poster Presentation |
| Description | Re:Activism is a big-urban-game designed and launched for the Come Out and Play festival in New York City. The game revisits locations of historic protests and teaches game participants about the events and related social causes. In order to progress through the game, the participants raise awareness of protest events by creating present day interventions and public interactions. Teams of game-players race from location to location to complete challenges and use activist tactics to increase their score. The teams also use mobile phones to send and receive text messages as they progress through the game and completed challenges.
The poster will use information graphics to illustrate the three levels of learning that occurred during the iterative design process, development, and play of Re:Activism. This learning occurred for the game developers in researching protest history, for the players as they engaged in protest actions during game-play, and for the public through interaction with the game players. The poster will also include documentation from actual game-play. |
| More | View extended abstract |