Games and Empowerment – How games make us stronger
PLAY Couch
Our PLAY Couch brings together three experts who will discuss the role of games as spaces for retreat, empowerment and political protest from different perspectives.
Guests include Elena Bauer (Creative Lead of Join the Comfortzone), Renate Hillen (feminist media educator) and Constantin Winkler (expert on forms of radicalization on gaming platforms). They will shed light on how populist and extremist content can emerge and be recognized in communities, whether digital games can be discrimination-free spaces and how they can be used for political education. The central question is: How can games contribute to strengthening marginalized voices, making grievances visible and initiating positive social change?
The PLAY Couch will be moderated by Sofia Kats (freelance video producer and presenter).