Participatory Game Design to Engage a Digitally Excluded Community

Authors

  • Mark Lochrie
  • Paul Coulton
  • Andrew Wilson

Keywords:

participatory design, mobile, location based gaming, socio-technical, socioeconomic

Abstract

This paper explores issues around using a Participatory Design of a Location Based Game (LBG) developed as part of a project to connect young people (11-19 years old) in Lancaster and Manchester by exploring issues surrounding place and their sense of belonging within their community. Both these communities were chosen, as they are representative of particular socio-economic conditions that have led them to be considered digitally excluded. The results highlight issues researchers face when working with such a group and the importance of building trust and being sensitive to the lives of the participants.

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Published

2011-01-01

Bibtex

@Conference{digra548, title ="Participatory Game Design to Engage a Digitally Excluded Community", year = "2011", author = "Lochrie, Mark and Coulton, Paul and Wilson, Andrew", publisher = "DiGRA", address = "Tampere", howpublished = "\url{https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/548}", booktitle = "Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play"}

Proceedings

2011: Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play

Section

Papers

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