{"product_id":"ludic-inquiries-into-power-and-pedagogy-in-higher-education-how-games-play-us-paperback","title":"Ludic Inquiries Into Power and Pedagogy in Higher Education: How Games Play Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmelia Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHelen Grimmett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlison L. Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book interrogates the role games and playfulness bear in both formal education and informal social learning. Responsive to contemporary social and ecological challenges, this book especially explores games' interactions with social power. On one hand, games sometimes operate to reinforce ideologies that normalise social injustice and environmental disregard. On the other, games offer rich possibilities for questioning such ideologies and encouraging change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrongly interdisciplinary, the book assembles 20 chapters written by 50 experts across fields including education, game design, cultural studies, sociology, Indigenous studies, disability studies, queer studies, STEM, legal studies, history, creative writing, visual arts, music, the creative industries, and social inclusion. These contributions not only make games a focus but incorporate playful research writing strategies, demonstrating methods of what we term \u003ci\u003eludic inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e. This includes chapters written using arts-based research, practice-led research, poetic inquiry, narrative inquiry, autoethnography, duoethnography, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganised across four themes - 'philosophical sparks', 'lived experiences', 'pedagogical perspectives', and 'the spirit of play' - this book emphasises the radical egalitarian possibilities inherent in critical attention to games and how we play (or get played by) them. Its fresh insights will interest all readers interested in creatively remaking our worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmelia Walker\u003c\/b\u003e lectures in Creative Writing at the University of South Australia, on Kaurna Yerta, the unceded lands of the Kaurna people. She has been writing and publishing poetry since her teenage years. Her fifth poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eAlogopoiesis\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by \u003cem\u003eLife Before Man\u003c\/em\u003e (Gazebo Books) in 2023. Amelia's research embraces creative methods of knowledge-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Grimmett\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher educator in the School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Monash University, Australia, on Bunurong\/Boon Wurrung Country. Her passion is taking playful and creative approaches to both her teaching and research in order to disrupt expectations and challenge traditional understandings of teaching, learning, and schooling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison (Ali) L. Black\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, on Gubbi Gubbi\/Kabi Kabi Country. She uses autoethnography, poetry, and narrative to listen to and understand inner worlds and wider cultural experiences. Ali's research recognises the importance of contemplating, acknowledging, and responding to lived lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47512178655410,"sku":"9781032586564","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/U2ouru6v9c9781032586564.webp?v=1779684252","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ludic-inquiries-into-power-and-pedagogy-in-higher-education-how-games-play-us-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}