Author Archives: Alina Potemska

Presentation slides

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Bibliography

Thompson, P. and Carello, J. (eds.) (2023) Trauma-informed pedagogies: a guide for responding to crisis and inequality in higher education. London: Routledge. Kusumandari, R.B. (2023) ‘Trauma-informed game-based learning: a technological approach to enhancing children’s resilience in post-disaster education’, Universitas Negeri … Continue reading

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Examples of data

For many participants, it was important to underline how the description of the game was reflecting some specific cultural nuances and how interesting it was to learn (like males 18-60 y.o. are not allowed to leave the country, etc) Some … Continue reading

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Process images/notes

Card from the game

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Data collection tools

Feedback collection form https://forms.office.com/Pages/AnalysisPage.aspx?AnalyzerToken=zaOCZZJPaY7TqFCslyrhaFVQg8O1jZya&id=r0Rp-nzM2EyRVMARMnmJEBC05BZ3X0JAv0i5Zh0LQOFURFZBNlVSWkhMQUQ1SU9USkhBMlNOSEhEUy4u https://forms.office.com/Pages/AnalysisPage.aspx?AnalyzerToken=SErncYZkY5tkrwbvNAk0jZx3k2AUEZsi&id=r0Rp-nzM2EyRVMARMnmJEBC05BZ3X0JAv0i5Zh0LQOFUMTk5QjhNRUhPTFBOVUhWWEJVWkVVMU8zTC4u Feeling of reward through learning  Authors tried to identify to what extend the enjoyment can be present in such a challenging game. As participants were reflecting, the enjoyment and engagement came from feeling rewarded that … Continue reading

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Participant-facing documents

Feedback form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeggB2nSViHYx8XIF6sX_r5F3ckDMt-wFLjJpdEOKTkzX_tJQ/viewform?pli=1 In Our Shoes: Biographical Micro-Larp Playtest 5.1 Thank you for participating in the playtest today! We would appreciate your thoughts/reflections to help in developing this method forward. Name  Email Which character did you play? Your over all … Continue reading

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Notes on reading into topic and data collection methods

Playtesting informed research with a lot of data. Playtesting 28 FEb 2025-14 October 2025 The powerful effect of the Playtest 1.0 was expressed in participant’s comment: “That felt very intense. I never had anything as challenging to decide in my … Continue reading

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Ethical Action Plan

While the original research project In Our Shoes focuses on refugee experiences, this specific intervention does not directly address that subject matter. Instead, it draws on the project’s methodological approach, using narrative, fictional spaces, and game-based structures to support empathetic engagement and reflection. … Continue reading

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In Our Shoes: Project overview

Since July 2024, when we held our first brainstorming meeting about bringing together Leland Masek’s LARP expertise and my reserch focus in socially impactful projects responding to current events, we began developing In Our Shoes. In Our Shoes is a biographical micro … Continue reading

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Intervention Report: Using In Our Shoes Game to Reflect on Students’ Living Experience Through Ludic Practice

That was very helpful to discuss my intervention with my colleagues. I received valuable feedback from my group, tutor, and course leader on the course I’m teaching. In Our Shoes: “Birthday Scenario” set of cards. Illustrator: Oksana Drachkovska My intervention … Continue reading

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