Sustaining intangible heritage through video game storytelling - the case of the Sami Game Jam

Laiti, Outi; Harrer, Sabine; Uusiautti, Satu; Kultima, Annakaisa

doi:10.1080/13527258.2020.1747103

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“…Some authors recently reported that game jam participation could improve performance of computing students, 19 22 promoting learning through self-discovery and reflections on identity. 23 The full-scale RCT will shed further light on the learning potential of game jams in medical education.…”

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Game jams for cultural safety training in Colombian medical education: a pilot randomised controlled trial

2021

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ObjectivesExplore the acceptability and feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to assess game jams—participatory events to cocreate digital or board games in a time-constrained environment—in cultural safety training of medical students. The pilot tests methods and procedures and explores the validity and reliability of our research instrument.DesignTwo-arm parallel-group pilot RCT with a 1:1 allocation ratio.SettingFaculty of Medicine in Chia, Colombia.Participants79 final-year medical students completed the baseline questionnaire. 64 completed the assessment immediately after the intervention: 31 in the intervention group (20 female) and 33 in the control group (18 female). 35 completed the final assessment (18 control and 17 intervention) 4 months after the intervention.InterventionsThe intervention group joined a 5-hour game jam composed of a 1-hour lecture and a 4-hour session to create and to play educational games about cultural safety. The control group had a 1-hour conventional lesson, followed by a 4-hour study session of selected readings on cultural safety.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe instrument, an online self-administered Likert-type questionnaire, assessed a self-reported cultural safety results chain based on a planned behaviour theory. Student recruitment, retention and perception of the activity determined acceptability. The methodological and logistical factors for a full-scale study determined feasibility.ResultsAfter the intervention, students randomised to that arm reported a slightly higher cultural safety score (26.9) than those in the control group (25.9) (difference −1, 95% CI −3.0 to 1.0). Students described game jam learning in favourable terms and considered cultural safety training relevant. The university authorised the conduct of the full-scale trial.ConclusionGame jam learning is feasible and acceptable for cultural safety training of Colombian medical students. Researchers and educators may find our results informative in the design of RCTs assessing educational interventions.Trial registration numberISRCTN14261595 (stage: pilot study results)

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“…Recent studies of game jam learning suggest likely effectiveness and engagement potential in university-level education. 22 Laiti and collaborators 23 suggested that game jams could promote self-discovery, reflections on identity and support the cultural identity of the Sami people from Finland.…”

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Game jams for cultural safety training in Colombian medical education: a pilot randomised controlled trial

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“…Game jams have been used as means for learning about, interacting with, and reflecting on indigenous cultures such the Sami, as highlighted by Kultima & Laiti [80] and Laiti et al [83]. In a similar approach, Guo et al [51] used game jams as a tool for examining national heritage.…”

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Two Decades of Game Jams

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Kultima

Khosmood

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Sixth Annual International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events

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In less than a year's time, March 2022 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the first documented game jam, the Indie Game Jam, which took place in Oakland, California in 2002. Initially, game jams were widely seen as frivolous activities. Since then, they have taken the world by storm. Game jams have not only become part of the day-to-day process of many game developers, but jams are also used for activist purposes, for learning and teaching, as part of the experience economy, for making commercial prototypes that gamers can vote on, and more. Beyond only surveying game jams and the relevant published scientific literature from the last two decades, this paper has several additional contributions. It builds a history of game jams, and proposes two different taxonomies of game jams -a historical and a categorical. In addition, it discusses the definition of game jam and identifies the most active research areas within the game jam community such as the interplay and development with local communities, the study and analysis of game jammers and organisers, and works that bring a critical look on game jams. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Interaction design; • Software and its engineering → Interactive games.

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“…While capacity building for Indigenous people is an ideal outcome when Indigenous developers are leading the process, all cases experienced similar limitations regarding the availability of Indigenous programmers with experience and interest in game development. The Sami Game Jam was an environment of rapid design and iteration where Sámi sovereignty had to be asserted within a short development cycle (Kultima & Laiti, 2019; Laiti et al, 2020). Lost Memories resulted in capacity building for the lead designer during the game jam, but there was no structure for long-term support.…”

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“…Lost Memories is a single-player first-person virtual reality game designed to engage players in the challenges faced by Sámi people who must balance living in urban spaces with visiting their homelands (Kultima & Laiti, 2019; Laiti et al, 2020). For Laiti, Lost Memories acts as a simulator of polar nights that she can immerse herself in when she is staying in the city and missing the lands.…”

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Towards Sovereign Games

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Laiti²,

Longboat³

2021

Games and Culture

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Video games can be dynamic sovereign spaces for Indigenous representation and expression when the self-determination of Indigenous people is supported. Where games are concerned, self-determination involves the autonomy and right of Indigenous people to make key decisions regarding the process of how a game is developed as well as what that game entails. A game is sovereign when self-determination is a respected practice throughout all phases of development from conceptualization to distribution. In what ways can games be sovereign and what challenges may be faced? Utilizing comparative case studies of the self-determined games Lost Memories, Terra Nova, and When Rivers Were Trails, this research identifies possible approaches and challenges for sovereign games looking at development as well as the resulting designs.

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Sustaining intangible heritage through video game storytelling - the case of the Sami Game Jam

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Game jams for cultural safety training in Colombian medical education: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Game jams for cultural safety training in Colombian medical education: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Two Decades of Game Jams

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