Playing Oppression
Playing Oppression

Author: Mary Flanagan

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2023-02-28

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0262047918

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A striking analysis of popular board games’ roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in Playing Oppression, Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson apply the incisive frameworks of postcolonial theory to a broad historical survey of board games to show how these seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism. Through this lens, the commercialized version of Snakes and Ladders takes shape as the British Empire’s distortion of Gyan Chaupar (an Indian game of spiritual knowledge), and early twentieth-century “trading games” that fêted French colonialism are exposed for how they conveniently sanitized its brutality while also relying on crudely racist imagery. These games’ most explicitly abhorrent features may no longer be visible, but their legacy still lingers in the contemporary Eurogame tendency to exalt (and incentivize) cycles of exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. An essential addition to any player’s bookshelf, Playing Oppression deftly analyzes this insidious violence and proposes a path forward with board games that challenge colonialist thinking and embrace a much broader cultural imagination.

Algorithms of Oppression
Algorithms of Oppression

Author: Safiya Umoja Noble

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1479837245

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Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the power of algorithms -- A society, searching -- Searching for Black girls -- Searching for people and communities -- Searching for protections from search engines -- The future of knowledge in the public -- The future of information culture -- Conclusion: algorithms of oppression -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

Woke Gaming
Woke Gaming

Author: Kishonna L. Gray

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2018-11-13

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0295744197

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From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream cultures of systematic exploitation and oppression. Whether visible in the persistent color line that shapes the production, dissemination, and legitimization of dominant stereotypes within the industry itself, or in the dehumanizing representations often found within game spaces, many video games perpetuate injustice and mirror the inequities and violence that permeate society as a whole. Drawing from groundbreaking research on counter and oppositional gaming and from popular games such as World of Warcraft and Tomb Raider, Woke Gaming examines resistance to problematic spaces of violence, discrimination, and microaggressions in gaming culture. The contributors of these essays seek to identify strategies to detox gaming culture and orient players and gamers toward progressive ends. From Anna Anthropy’s Keep Me Occupied to Momo Pixel’s Hair Nah, video games can reveal the power and potential for marginalized communities to resist, and otherwise challenge dehumanizing representations inside and outside of game spaces. In a moment of #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, and efforts to transform current political realities, Woke Gaming illustrates the power and potential of video games to foster change and become a catalyst for social justice.

A Little Piece of Ground
A Little Piece of Ground

Author: Elizabeth Laird

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Published: 2016-02-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1608465837

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A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover an unused patch of ground that’s the perfect site for a football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there’s constant danger, even for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will survive. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing young adult literature on the Middle East. With 23,000 copies already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United States.

Playing Boal
Playing Boal

Author: Jan Cohen-Cruz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1134884699

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Playing Boal examines the techniques in application of Augusto Boal, creator of Theatre of the Oppressed, Brazilian theatre maker and political activist. This text looks at the use of the Theatre of the Oppressed exercises by a variety of practitioners and scholars working in Europe, North America and Canada. It explores the possibilities of these tools for "active learning and personal empowerment; co-operative education and healing; participatory theatre and community action." This collection is designed to illuminate and invigorate discussion about Augusto Boal's work and the transformative potential of theatre. It includes two interviews with Boal, and two pieces of his own writing.

Playing the State
Playing the State

Author: Sophie Watson

Publisher: Verso

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780860919704

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Essays focused on the implications of feminist intervention in systems of power. Chapter 4 entitled "Colonization and Decolonization: An Aboriginal Experience" by Barbara Flick pp. 61-66. Chapter 5 entitled "The Aboriginal Struggle in the Face of Terrorism" by Rose Wanganeen pp. 67-70.

The Purpose of Playing
The Purpose of Playing

Author: Robert Gordon

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780472068876

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A comparative survey of the major approaches to Western acting since the 19th century

Emergence: Sculpting New Thinking
Emergence: Sculpting New Thinking

Author: Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2022-12-05

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13:

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“A conscious, caring, curious community converged, and the energy was electric. We stretched into new ideas and supported each other in our shared values and commitment. I found it an honour and a privilege to offer and receive in our time together.” share our time.” – Glenda H. Eoyang, PhD, Founding Executive Director, Human Systems Dynamics Institute “Participating in ABS was about meeting the tribe of those who want to contribute to the world in meaningful ways. The knowledge and ideas flowed as effortlessly as the love and comradery. The IdeaSplash Flash invited us to share the essence of our ideas in a compelling way. In doing that, we looked at our own innovation with a fresh pair of eyes. Overall, ABS pushed the boundaries of the field of Behavioural Sciences into new domains and greater depth.” – Abhishek Thakore, Founder, Blue Ribbon Movement “Loved attending the ABS Summit. It had an awesome line-up of invigorating and thought-provoking sessions. The best part was that the presenters made it experiential for participants. I particularly found the ‘Continuity in Change’ theme very relevant as it effectively wove in the ancient with the contemporary.” – Sukhvinder Sircar, Coach, transformation leader and writer

Playing on the Edge
Playing on the Edge

Author: Staci Newmahr

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2011-02-14

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0253005124

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Representations of consensual sadomasochism range from the dark, seedy undergrounds of crime thrillers to the fetishized pornographic images of sitcoms and erotica. In this pathbreaking book, ethnographer Staci Newmahr delves into the social space of a public, pansexual SM community to understand sadomasochism from the inside out. Based on four years of in-depth and immersive participant observation, she juxtaposes her experiences in the field with the life stories of community members, providing a richly detailed portrait of SM as a social space in which experiences of "violence" intersect with experiences of the erotic. She shows that SM is a recreational and deeply gendered risk-taking endeavor, through which participants negotiate boundaries between chaos and order. Playing on the Edge challenges our assumptions about sadomasochism, sexuality, eroticism, and emotional experience, exploring what we mean by intimacy, and how, exactly, we achieve it.

Mediated Misogynoir
Mediated Misogynoir

Author: Kalima Young

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-06-06

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1793606641

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To be considered innocent is to be viewed as vulnerable to harm and worthy of protection from harm. An innocent person’s pain is recognized, acknowledged, and addressed. Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Women’s and Girls’ Innocence in the Public Imagination interrogates contemporary media culture to illuminate the ways the intersections of anti-blackness and misogyny, i.e., misogynoir, converge to obscure public perceptions of Black women and girls as people with any claim to innocence. When pained images of Black female bodies appear on media devices, the socio-political responses are telling, not only in their lack of urgency, but also in their inability to be read empathetically. By examining viral videos, memes, and recent film and television, Kalima Young makes a striking case for the need to create a new Black feminist media studies framework broad enough to hold the complexity and agency of Black women and girls in a digital age invested in framing them as inherently adulterated and impure.