Open lectures: Play and the Environmental Humanities

Tuesday 3 December 10:00 - Wednesday 4 December 20:00,
Hulda Garborgs hus,
HG N-105, HG N-106, HG N-107.

Open lectures at the Greenhouse, University of Stavanger

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Sheep standees in a board game

Tuesday 3 December

  • 10:00 –10:30 Opening: Play and the Environmental Humanities (HG N-107)
  • 10:30 –11:30 Claire Connolly (University College Cork), Playing in the dark? Games and enslavement in Maria Edgeworth’s writing(HG N-107)
  • 13:00 –14:00 Finn Arne Jørgensen (UiS), Boardgaming Green Transitions (HG N-107)
  • 14:15 –15:45 Jacob Lee Tom (UiS), From Concept to Tabletop: Translating Environmental Themes into Board Game Mechanics (HG N-107)

Wednesday 4 December

  • 10:00 – 11:00 Dolly Jørgensen (UiS), Playing with Extinction Histories (HG N-105)
  • 13:00 – 14:00 Marie-Theres Fojuth (UiS), Playing in the museum: Intergenerational learning and environmental citizenship (HG N-107)
  • 14:15 – 15:30 ScoutBlum(Troy University), Tackling Environmental Justice in Game Design: Lessons from Rising Waters (HG N-106)
  • 17:00 – 20:00 Greenhouse Green Boardgames Night (IKS Lunch Room, HG-N)

All are welcome, especially students!

The Green Boardgames Night, where we play boardgames with environmental themes, includes pizza. Please register for the Green Boardgames Night using the QR code below so that we can order enough food.

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These open lectures are part of the PhD course Play and the Environmental Humanities, organized by the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities and the Norwegian Researcher School in Environmental Humanities.