Our workshop on games and emotion at the @adascot.bsky.social festival. @d-livingstone.bsky.social and I are clearly having just as much fun as the kids!
Nice to be able to offer a different kind of game design knowledge, helping kids analyse how games create *experiences*.
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![This is a graphic recording of an online co-design workshop for BEYOND, a peace game project. It shows a mind map of two main categories, the PURPOSE of the workshop and the BRAINSTORM strategies. There are five main themes: Family Separation (in conflict zones); The Dynamic of Recruitment (of children into illegal economies); Childcare; Training; and "No Easy Wins".
Family Separation has the following subthemes:
Mandatory evaluations; one parent must be present with their children.
Psychological pressure due to family separation.
Parents joining armed forces.
Feeling of inequality not having both parents.
Threats of conscription.
Experiencing displacement.
Ill-equipped bomb shelters; lacking needs for mothers and children.
Mine safety; briefings in schools.
Constant drone and missile strikes.
The Dynamic of Recruitment has the following subthemes:
What are the socio-economic contexts in which children are raised?
How does this situation push children into illegal economies?
Not only armed foces but child labour including being an assistant, cooking, cleaning, deliveries, etc.
Modality of recruitment including social media platforms like TikTok...
Understanding the vulnerabilities in urban warfare.
False promised of wealth, expensive goods, glamourous lifestyle...
Indigenous organisations providing protective and preventative education programmes to challenge to 'social messaging'.
Healing, reintegration and re-harmonization of children who have returned.
Strengthening roles of families in avoiding dangerous dynamics with collective approach.
Childcare has the following subthemes:
Gendered experiences e.g. boy perceived as security risk.
Lack of access to pediatric care impacting physical and mental health.
Those with sensory impairments not able to notice warning signs/alerts.
No Easy Win has the following subthemes:
Less legal approach is more effective.
Who are the different actors? Civil society, church, religious groups.
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