Addressing Surging Populism and Promoting Decolonization through Gamification

Session Description:
This session will present the gamification projects of two student teams from the University in Kärnten (AT) to create diversophy® games exploring two current trends: Populism, and its political rhetoric; Decolonization, providing insights to overcome the residual mindsets of both colonizers and colonized which continue to generate bias and inequities. Participants will have the opportunity to sample these games.

Speaker:
Dr. George Simons is a consultant, trainer, and university lecturer who has developed the diversophy® series of over 100 intercultural and social games, many available in a variety of languages (www.diversophy.com). With Amna Ben Amara and Lidia Wiśniewska he directed and coached the gaming projects of the two student groups in the spring semester 2023.