Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin
@astridensslin.bsky.social
Professor for the Dynamics of Virtual Communication Spaces at University of Regensburg
Great to see "folk mechanics" catching on as an inspiration for game development! Thanks, Sebastian Richter, for the pic taken at CEEGS 2025. Can't wait to see and play a game inspired by Hungarian folklore and cultural heritage, developed by Barnabás Springer and Pietro Noceti (UMalta).
September 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Great to see "folk mechanics" catching on as an inspiration for game development! Thanks, Sebastian Richter, for the pic taken at CEEGS 2025. Can't wait to see and play a game inspired by Hungarian folklore and cultural heritage, developed by Barnabás Springer and Pietro Noceti (UMalta).
Here's a snapshot of the Obsidian creative digital writing environment workshop Christine Wilks and I just led (mostly Christine, actually) at #ELO2024
July 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Here's a snapshot of the Obsidian creative digital writing environment workshop Christine Wilks and I just led (mostly Christine, actually) at #ELO2024
At DAS|LAB we're listening to a fascinating talk by @mostlyindie.com on Gentrification, food, gender and posthuman agency in Donut County. Think of it as reversing Katamari Damacy.
May 8, 2024 at 12:35 PM
At DAS|LAB we're listening to a fascinating talk by @mostlyindie.com on Gentrification, food, gender and posthuman agency in Donut County. Think of it as reversing Katamari Damacy.
At DAS|LAB we just heard a really interesting and thought-provoking talk by Zahra Rizvi on "Ludic Making of Spectral Minorities: Indian Muslim Representation and Other Ghost Stories“.
April 24, 2024 at 1:26 PM
At DAS|LAB we just heard a really interesting and thought-provoking talk by Zahra Rizvi on "Ludic Making of Spectral Minorities: Indian Muslim Representation and Other Ghost Stories“.
We're ready to kick off this week's Symposium, "Videogames As Folk Worlds: Nationalism - Democracy - Sustainability", here at Universität Regensburg. Check it out. daslab-ur.de/events/
April 10, 2024 at 2:16 PM
We're ready to kick off this week's Symposium, "Videogames As Folk Worlds: Nationalism - Democracy - Sustainability", here at Universität Regensburg. Check it out. daslab-ur.de/events/
Today's DAS|LAB speaker is Samya Brata Roy from IIT Jodhpur, with a talk titled "“Sahitya Akademi and Electronic LiteratureS: Disciplines, Institutions and Disciplining” - fascinating to draw links with European literary/regulatory bodies.
April 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Today's DAS|LAB speaker is Samya Brata Roy from IIT Jodhpur, with a talk titled "“Sahitya Akademi and Electronic LiteratureS: Disciplines, Institutions and Disciplining” - fascinating to draw links with European literary/regulatory bodies.
At the ELO Salon we're being treated to a sneak preview of the Worlding Difference Knowledge Platform (not live yet, but soon to be available at worldingdifference.ca. Thanks to Elizabeth Harrison for the demo. I'm loving the accessibility features, the content, the looks, everything!
March 12, 2024 at 4:32 PM
At the ELO Salon we're being treated to a sneak preview of the Worlding Difference Knowledge Platform (not live yet, but soon to be available at worldingdifference.ca. Thanks to Elizabeth Harrison for the demo. I'm loving the accessibility features, the content, the looks, everything!
At DAS|LAB we're listening to Filip Jankowski, who's giving a fascinating talk on "A Second Chance for the Auteur Category in Digital Games: An Intersectional Perspective". Bringing together Muriel Tramis, Beth LaPensée, Christine Love and Meg Jayanth is such a treat to decolonial game scholars!
March 6, 2024 at 2:10 PM
At DAS|LAB we're listening to Filip Jankowski, who's giving a fascinating talk on "A Second Chance for the Auteur Category in Digital Games: An Intersectional Perspective". Bringing together Muriel Tramis, Beth LaPensée, Christine Love and Meg Jayanth is such a treat to decolonial game scholars!
The inaugural meeting of DAS|LAB conveniently coincided with the publication of this labour of love - with some discounts up for grabs for early adopters. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
August 30, 2023 at 8:03 PM
The inaugural meeting of DAS|LAB conveniently coincided with the publication of this labour of love - with some discounts up for grabs for early adopters. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
We just had our inaugural DAS|LAB meeting (for the development of Digital Area Studies) with a wonderful and diverse group of scholars in Digital Culture(s), Postcolonial Studies, Literary Gaming, and many more. With a great talk on war games and transnationalism by Jon Matlack! @mostlyindie.com
August 30, 2023 at 12:11 PM
We just had our inaugural DAS|LAB meeting (for the development of Digital Area Studies) with a wonderful and diverse group of scholars in Digital Culture(s), Postcolonial Studies, Literary Gaming, and many more. With a great talk on war games and transnationalism by Jon Matlack! @mostlyindie.com