Civic IMAGInation PraCtices (CivicMAGIC): towards a methodology to facilitate collective imagination for transformative mobility and resilient futures

Research project

Civic IMAGInation PraCtices (CivicMAGIC): towards a methodology to facilitate collective imagination for transformative mobility and resilient futures

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Dr Vanissa Wanick,

Dr Richard Gomer
Other researchers:

Dr Joseph Owen,

Mrs Kristina Risley
Status:

Active

Project overview

Game activities such as ideation, imagination, negotiation and world-building can be applied to help people to discuss, deliberate and tackle real-life social and policy challenges. This project explores these practices in popular games like Dungeons & Dragons (‘DnD’) to identify participatory actions that can lead to a more resilient and sustainable society.

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Vanissa Wanick FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design

Research interests

Games for change, social good and wellbeing
Games Design, Gamification and player experience (e.g., player agency, emerging storytelling)
Human behaviour and Interface Design (e.g. rituals, gestures, mental models, values)

Connect with Vanissa

Email: vwv1n12@ecs.soton.ac.uk