Courses: Appalachian studies research (assisting advisor with fellowship research project on oral histories of young Appalachian activists), independent research symposium (final project for master's: research into scholarly-informed critical game design) Every book after spot 4 is used only in short excerpts
Spring '24 Class Readings Public
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I'm Afraid of That Water by Luke Eric Lassiter, Elizabeth Campbell, Brian A. Hoey
On January 9, 2014, residents across Charleston, West Virginia, awoke to an unusual licorice smell in the air and a …
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Thinking Outside the Girl Box by Linda Spatig, Layne Amerikaner
Thinking Outside the Girl Box is a true story about a remarkable youth development program in rural West Virginia. Based …
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Critical Play by Mary Flanagan
4 stars
An examination of subversive games—games designed for political, aesthetic, and social critique.
For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, …
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Doing Ethnography Today by Luke Eric Lassiter, Elizabeth Campbell
Doing Ethnography Today explores the methodologies and theories behind contemporary, collaborative ethnography and provides an opportunity to cultivate experience with …
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Keywords in Design Thinking by Jason C. K. Tham, Luke Thominet, Scott Wible, and 26 others
At a time when design thinking is viewed by many as itself a contested term, Keywords in Design Thinking explores …
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Rules of Play by Eric Zimmerman, Katie Salen Tekinbaş
4 stars
An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.
As …
