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Poster for networked feminisms: activist assemblies and digital practices
Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Networked Feminisms: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices

Join Feminist Think Tank this Thursday, January 27th at 11:00am for the first event in their Networked Feminisms Speaker Series: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices.

data jam poster
Thursday, November 25, 2021 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Data Jam - Feminist Think Tank Presents: Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Abstract

This is a fun opportunity to learn more about data in a safe space! Any degree of understanding of data is welcome! In this Data Jam we will be collecting everything but the kitchen sink on your phone (of course with your permission) this will entail all things social media. Saved posts, screenshots, or liked content, from Instagram to TikTok to Twitter. This is a great chance to enter the world of data visualization! We will be going through and tagging posts while coming up with hypotheses'.

poster of panel
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Building XR Devices to Sense Mind and Body

Building XR Devices to Sense Mind and Body

Poster
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Panel on Misogyny in Games and Gaming Culture

Abstract 

The UW Women’s Centre, in collaboration with Games Institute, is hosting an educational panel surrounding misogyny in games and gaming culture as part of the Women’s Centre’s annual “Love Your Body” week. The purpose of the event is to draw on women and queer students who study gender in relation to tech, online community building, and gaming to talk about these spaces, their experiences in them, and the overall impact this has on women and queer folks.

Friday, June 18, 2021

GI Successfully Launches International Conference on Games and Narrative Series

On June 12-16, 2021, the Games Institute (GI) held its inaugural International Conference on Games and Narrative. This 5-day conference welcomed participants and speakers from 47 universities, 28 of which were from outside of North America, some as far as Australia and South East Asia. Presentations included scholars at the forefront of games studies and offered a diversity of ideas and engaging discussions with keynote speakers, including Dr. Elizabeth LaPensée, Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, Dr. Clara Fernández-Vara, Dr. Jan-Noel Thön, Dr. Astrid Ensslin, and Dr. Kishonna Gray.

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Mara Gagiu wins Best Student Research Poster for "MMPX Style-Preserving Pixel Art Magnification" at Interactive 3D Graphics Symposium

Congratulations to Mara Gagiu for winning the Best Student Research Poster at the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games Online. Her poster entitled "MMPX Style-Preserving Pixel Art Magnification" presented her research about the MMPX algorithm with GI faculty member Dr.