Playing Perspectives: A game design workshop for perspective taking

Jasper van Vught, Robin Bos, Luce Claessens & Aengus Schulte

With academic freedom as a matter of concern, it is imperative that our classrooms remain places where everyone feels free and safe to exchange perspectives. To avoid polarisation and misunderstanding in such exchanges, we need creative working methods for open dialogue. 

This workshop will introduce one such working method: game design! By collectively creating a board game about a polarising topic, you are stimulated to explore diverse perspectives and give their interrelationships a place in a balanced game environment. We will work on developing a set of game characters, each with their own perspective. Ans who knows, they might have more in common than you think!

Biography

As part of the Comenius Leadership Project Open Mind, Jasper van Vught (Media and Culture), Luce Claessens (Education), Robin Bos (Biomedical Sciences), and Aengus Schulte (Media and Culture) join forces, guiding you in a game design exercise to promote perspective taking.