ModLab Team Helps Bring “Gender Equality” Metrics into Leading Climate Models
This is a revised version of a blog post that appeared on the UC Davis ModLab website in late 2024. In 2022, a team organized by ModLab Project Director Harlin/Hayley Steele and helmed by community partner Osprey Orielle Lake, who is Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, offered a presentation…
LARPing in Color: Is It Possible to Make Larps more inclusive?
Earlier this week, I had a chance to connect with with Lawrence Moore, the founder of Larping in Color (LINC). LINC is a non-profit organization that works to connect larp creators with consultants who review their games and rules with an eye to making games as welcoming as possible for folks from diverse backgrounds, especially…
Game Design Methodologies for Gender Playability: A Case Study of Thermophiles in Love
Thermophiles in Love is a transmedia piece centering 5-gender dating game that incorporates biological data about microorganisms in a playful critique of gender bio-essentialism. In this talk, Steele draws upon her experience working on TiL to discuss a game design methodology that she calls “gender playability,” through which gender is rendered a playable element of…
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Hi, I’m Harlin/Hayley Steele. I’m a media artist and climate data researcher. I am presently a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Davis. (Art by Brandon Graham)
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