Annika Waern

Agon Same concept, two theories

Blogging in Substack about theories of play and politics.

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I've moved my blog over to Substack. I will be migrating some work from my old blog here, and I will also be publishing new material mostly on games, larp, and democracy.
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As a Swedish columnist wrote: This will end in a constitutional crisis in the U.S. That is, that's the best outcome we can hope for.

Seeking an alliance with Putin is to get leverage against China. Europe and Ukraine are, from his perspective, irrelevant. Lies about the war in Ukraine, the status of legal systems and democracy in Europe, originate in this goal.

Trump strives to dismount both University and Democracy as institutions, so that the oligarchy, of which he is part, can rule the U.S. and the world as they see fit. Lies and misconceptions about woke, stolen elections, criminal immigrants etc, all originate in this ultimate goal.

Trump lies and Trump is misinformed. But he's not stupid: his lies serve a purpose. Being outraged about the lies he uses is useless, and making fun of his misconceptions even less so.

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I fail to understand why the affordance concept is so important. Very few who use it make any use of the psychological framework it was constructed for. This article seems to be identifying a useful abstraction level, if it is about affordancesm

Let’s just say that larpers drink less.

I hear you. There was a batch of those coming in when AOL joined the internet as well. And bikes were a thing even then 😜.

Boomers have been on the Internet since the eighties, kiddo.

Bluesky won’t resist enshittification,but hopefully it’ll resist fascism.

Is it recorded?

Workshop2025 Empowerment, autonomy, and social connections in XR serious games The workshop will be held during the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) taking place in Vienna on A…

CfP for our #workshop, "Empowerment, Autonomy, and Social Connections in XR Serious Games," (April 15, 2025, during #FDG in Vienna). Deadline Jan 23. The workshop focuses on #ethical questions in serious #games. More info: xrsocialinteraction.wordpress.com/workshop2025/

#interdisplinary #XR #AR #VR

PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction - Uppsala University PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University

Friends who are applying for our Ph.D. position on larp and democracy:
1) It closes on Wednesday and remember the time difference between Sweden and the states.

2) You MUST apply through the UU central application service, linked at the announcement page:
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Publishers: Please don’t sell my writing to AI Companies! Knowledge is an Ecosystem that AI is Polluting

"This is like feeding chili dogs to a friend with a stomach virus, watching them poop in your swimming pool, & then using that polluted water for your next batch of chili. If you & your friend continue this cycle, I’m not going to come to any more of your pool parties!"

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Academic partying yesterday and larping today and tomorrow. The main difference is the amount of alcohol served.

PhD in Human Centered Design One of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive programs, DePaul University's College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide and diverse range of ...

Are you interested in doing a PhD in Human-Centered Design (which could be focused on #AR #VR #XR or #SeriousGames)? Come to the virtual info session November 21st!
Program details: www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pa...
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