In response to a ‘crisis of toxicity and harassment’ in the games industry, Rouse and Corron present a feminist toolkit for teaching games design that reconfigures not only the syllabus but also the classroom.
Rebecca Rouse
Rebecca Rouse, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Media Arts, Aesthetics and Narration in the School of Informatics at the University of Skövde, Sweden. Rouse’s research focuses on theoretical, critical and design production work with storytelling for new technologies, such as augmented and mixed reality. Rouse designs and develops projects across museums, cultural heritage sites, interactive installations and theatrical performance—all with the thread of investigating and inventing new modes of storytelling. This design work dovetails with Rouse’s research in design methods, media theory and the history of technology.
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