Alternative scholarship through table-top games: A practical demonstration (Panel)
Abstract
Research can take many forms, especially in a field as diverse as library studies. This panel will bring together several emerging scholars as they navigate current Library and Information Science issues through the medium of role-playing games. It is our hope that this panel will illustrate how alternative scholarship can be used to teach and explore emerging issues in the field of LIS.
Game packet
Click here to download the Game packet
Presentation video
This video covers the concepts and game design for the game “Our LIS Careers”.
Demonstration video
This video gives a brief tutorial on character creation, encounters, and other cards such as perks in the game. Following that we have a 20-minute game session so you can see how the game is played.
Q&A video
This is the recording of the live Q&A from October 9th, 2020.
Arielle VanderSchans
Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western University
Arielle VanderSchans is a LIS PhD student in the Faculty of Information Science at Western University. She has a MLIS (2016), a MA in Linguistics (2015), and BA (2013) in English and Linguistics. She is interested in story-crafting and communities of practice. Currently she studies bookbinding through the Canadian Bookbinding and Book Arts Guild of Canada.
Alex Mayhew
Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western University
Alex Mayhew is a LIS PhD candidate in FIMS at UWO. He earned an MLIS in 2016 also at FIMS. Before that he earned an Undergrad degree in Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. He is interested in thinking tools and philosophical engineering, particularly knowledge organization.
Sarah E. Cornwell
Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western University
Sarah E. Cornwell is a doctoral candidate in the LIS program at FIMS. Building on previous degrees in linguistics (MA), and Anthropology & Cognitive Psychology (BAS), her research interests include multilingualism, natural language processing, and everyday information seeking. In essence, she focuses on the interaction of information technologies and human linguistic diversity.