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April 21, 2005
Join us for our next Salon on Wednesday, May 4!
Games For Change Salon Series
3rd Feature: Games in Culture
68pm on Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Fund for the City of New York
121 6th Avenue @ Broome Street
6th floor
**Games For Change brings together non-profits and their partners to explore the use of digital games to advance organizational mission and societal change.
OVERVIEW
This bi-monthly discussion series brings together key individuals and organizations interested in discussing the use of digital games to achieve non-profit missions. The focus for each evening will be a presentation or discussion with several noteworthy speakers followed by a lively social hour.
May 4. Moderated by game designer and author Eric Zimmerman, this panel will explore the cultural and social aspects of games in our society. The discussion will center on the unique status of games within culture, the ways that games are similar to and different than other forms of media, entertainment, and popular culture, and what all of this has to say about how games can be used for social change.
Speakers:
- McKenzie Wark, New School media studies professor
- Karen Sideman, Game designer & former Creative Director at Sesame Workshop Online
- Carol Stakenas, Program Officer, International Center for Tolerance Education
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Posted by jtroy at April 21, 2005 12:12 AM