Ludic inquiries into power and pedagogy in higher education : how games play us / edited by Amelia Walker, Helen Grimmett, and Alison L. Black.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walker, Amelia, editor.

Grimmett, Helen, editor.

Black, Alison L., editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

Social learning.

Play.

Social justice and education.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 293 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

Biography/History:

Amelia Walker lectures in Creative Writing at the University of South Australia, on Kaurna Yerta, the unceded lands of the Kaurna people. She has been writing and publishing poetry since her teenage years. Her fifth poetry collection, Alogopoiesis, was published by Life Before Man (Gazebo Books) in 2023. Amelia's research embraces creative methods of knowledge-making. Helen Grimmett is a teacher educator in the School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Monash University, Australia, on Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Country. Her passion is taking playful and creative approaches to both her teaching and research in order to disrupt expectations and challenge traditional understandings of teaching, learning, and schooling. Alison (Ali) L. Black is a senior lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, on Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi Country. She uses autoethnography, poetry, and narrative to listen to and understand inner worlds and wider cultural experiences. Ali's research recognises the importance of contemplating, acknowledging, and responding to lived lives.

Contents:

Preface / Amelia Walker, Helen Grimmett, and Alison L. Black

Weaving conceptual, philosophical, and methodological threads amongst tapestries of privilege, power, and pedagogy / Amelia Walker, Helen Grimmett, and Alison L. Black

Diversity and cultural pedagogical games and play : through an Aboriginal lens / Linda Payi Ford and Adriana Ticoalu

Women leadership in higher education : using positional power to change the game and amplify women's voices / 'Mabokang Monnapula-Mapesela and Adéle L. Moodly

Power and the game of higher education : self-validating aggrandisement or transformational praxis? / Aidan Cornelius-Bell and Piper A. Bell

oWL, Bear, ::machine:: : virtual NPC design as a shamanistic mode of resistance / Chantal Ryan and Matthew Hooton

Mahjong, the PhD and me : which game should I play and how? / Emily Sun

Navigating the academic panopticon : an autoethnographic exploration of chronic illness, productivity, and belonging in academia / Alexandra Pucciarelli

Queer(y)ing board games as public pedagogy : 'playing out of bounds' to activate LGBTQIA+ agency in academia and beyond / Amelia Walker, Axel-Nathaniel Rose, Jax Brown, Mandy Henningham, Jarad Bruinstroop, Duc Dau, Misty Farquhar, and Quinn Eades

Here to kick neoliberalism in the balls : the bogan in the university / Stef Rozitis

Games and invasion : accounts of lived experience from First Nations writers, artists, and researchers / Samantha Faulkner and Cat Kutay

Academic kinship : I once had a game, or should I say it once had me? / Frances Wyld

As play becomes practice : observations on robust gamified education elements in the new normal / Daniel Pitman and Stephen Whittington

Ludic reflections : exploring strains of relational thought arising in a video games based 'STEMinar' course / Joshua Cruz, Johanna Keene, Gina Childers, Elizabeth Goldberg, Jack Byers, Christi Whitworth, Olivia Kuper, and Samanthia Noble

Playing the game of education is playing the game of life for students with disability / Melissa Cain

Playing with power and being played : collaborative gameplay as a site of connection and insight / Catherine Thiele, Alison L. Black, Brendon Munge, Catherine Manathunga, Stephen Heimans, Vicki Schriever, Rachael Dwyer, and Shelley Davidow

Ludic lessons in liminality : a provocation from playing solitaire / Helen Grimmett

Cards against academia : playing the game of 'opportunities' through a feminist friendship lens / Susannah Emery and Michele Jarldorn

Refluxus : four soluble heads : collective play through domestic art pedagogy / Geraldine Burke, Pamela Irving, Maria-Luisa Nardella, and Heather Shimmen

Gaming the system : choosing to play the infinite game in academia / Sandra Elsom, Alison L. Black, and Vicki Schriever

Remembering how to play : breaking the rules (with meaning) / Caty Flynn

Afterword / Amelia Walker, Helen Grimmett, and Alison L. Black.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 27, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Ludic inquiries into power and pedagogy in higher education

ISBN:

9781003450979

1003450970

9781040119822

1040119824

9781040119808

1040119808

Publisher Number:

90100066547

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.