Feb 28, 2023
How would you make a game about a topic as important, complex, hard to talk about,, and NOT fun at all as domestic violence against children? We chat with Mathew Staunton about his game in progress on this topic and the ethical and design challenges it faces.
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Our guest for this episode is Mathew Staunton, Ph.D. Originally north Dublin, he is a historian, publisher and printmaker, currently teaching and supervising research in the Printed Image department of the École des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris, France. His main research interests are the aesthetics of Irish nationalism and the historiography of child maltreatment on the island of Ireland. For several years, he has been working with artists, musicians and academics to develop an experimental historiographical practice that promotes a healthy public discussion of child maltreatment.
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