Debate

Play in Times of Crisis: A Let’s Play and Open Discussion meeting

Date

Monday 10 May 2021

Time

16:00 - 17:30 hour

Address

Online (Microsoft Teams)

On Monday, 10 May 2021 (16:00-17:30), the Modern and Contemporary research cluster of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society will continue its monthly meeting series with a fifth meeting.

Play in Times of Crisis: A Let’s Play and Open Discussion meeting

Aris Politopoulos and Angus Mol will guide you through two video games that are iconic for Play in Crisis during the (early) days of COVID-19:

• ATEIWPIIWWS&LIOT&ABICDTIIH; or, a solitary spacecraft (an interactive lockdown-diary by indie developer videodante) and
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (a multi-million selling game developed and published by Nintendo).

The first part of this meeting will take the form of a ‘Let’s Play’ livestream (in this case in Microsoft Teams). Let’s Plays livestreams are a popular format in which a player (in this case, Aris or Angus) and viewers (in this case the participants of this meeting) play, watch, and discuss games together. In short, bar a short introduction into the theme, this Let’s Play is supposed to be fully interactive.

Around 17:00 we will ask Sybille Lammes to kick off a more open-ended discussion where meeting participants can share their own experiences of and thoughts about play during these (and other) times of crisis.

When: May 10, 2021, 16:00 – 17:30
Where: Online (Microsoft Teams) – Please join us: Play in Times of Crisis: A Let’s Play and Open Discussion meeting

Organized by: Angus Mol, Aris Politopoulos & Sybille Lammes
With support from: Sara Polak & Maria Boletsi (LUCAS Mod. & Contemp. cluster coordinators)

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Registration:
The event is open to members of the Modern and Contemporary research cluster at LUCAS, other scholars affiliated with LUCAS, as well as MA and ResMa students at LUCAS. Anyone else who wishes to attend this event but is not a member of the LUCAS Modern and Contemporary research cluster can register by sending an email to this address: [e-mail]

If you experience any issues accessing the meeting, please contact Monica Lensink at [e-mail].