Mary Flanagan: Changing the World with Games
From digital games to sports and card games, Flanagan has found that games can increase diversity and increase pro-social phenomenon such as perspective taking.
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In this talk, professor Mary Flanagan talks about her research both making and studying games. Join her in this open lecture at the Bergen Public Library to hear about the hidden world behind games!
Mary Flanagan is a professor at Dartmouth College in the US and runs Tiltfactor Lab, a game design studio focusing on serious games with the motto "Game Design for Social Change." Flanagan is a recognised artist, game designer and scholar and has published five books in the field of Digital Culture. As a Professor II with Digital Culture at UiB Flanagan will be visiting Bergen a few times a year, where she will work with our graduate students and on research.