Mary Flanagan
criticalplay.bsky.social
Mary Flanagan
@criticalplay.bsky.social
artist/player/gamedesigner/futurista/factotum/nemophilist making things
writer of books essays stories poems code
founder of the publishing house @Resonym | founder of Tiltfactor @Dartmouth College
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Hello world, Mary Flanagan here! I'm an artist, designer and researcher. I read about about tech, non-tech, art, games and the world. One of my fave subjects is BIAS!
I'm in BBCs "Not by the Playbook" podcast about sports...and this episode, on "boards" --surfing, D&D, and board games! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

#gamedesign #boardgames #socialimpact @elizaskinner.bsky.social
So bored!
Podcast Episode · Not by the Playbook · 07/18/2025 · 1h 15m
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July 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Excited to be keynoting at the European Network of Science Centres and Museums annual conference next week!
ecsite.wildapricot.org/about-Ecsite...
Ecsite - #Ecsite2025
ecsite.wildapricot.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So thrilled to meet everyone at this wonderful evening panel I was privileged to moderate last night, and today-- a day of fab talks. So much potential in the community to change thinking on AI! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g...
Gender and AI: Promise and Perils Opening Event | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
This kickoff event will frame discussions at the intersection of gender and artificial intelligence by focusing on the perspectives and insight uniquely provided by artistic expression.
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu
April 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"The Museum Reimagined through Games" artlab.hyundai.com/editorial/th...
artlab.hyundai.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
@maryflanagan.bsky.social A great contextualization of themes from our book, Playing Oppression: "All Games Are Political" by Max Haiven! jacobin.com/2025/03/boar... #games #playingoppression #mitpress #boardgames #colonialism
All Games Are Political
Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together. Recent games like Pandemic and Daybreak put the crises of our time o...
jacobin.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Out from Birkhäuser 2025, my chapter "Using the power of gamewords" in shaping the future, for the book Practices of Futurecasting: Ways of sharing imagined tomorrows, Edited by: Michael Shamiyeh
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
Practices of Futurecasting
A book by and for those who want to shape the future What do designers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and politicians have in common? They all want to shape the future. But how can you make the future – ...
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February 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Looking forward to my open studio in June at Atelier 11 Paris! Save the date, June 19th! www.lairarts.com/mary-flanaga...
February 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thanks for the nice review of our German-language #phantomink party game, #ghostwriter!
www.boardgamemonkeys.com/2025/01/ghos...
Ghost Writer
www.boardgamemonkeys.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I was invited by Hyundai Artlab to write about projects that push the boundaries of games and the museum space !

Find it at:
tinyurl.com/MaryFlanagan

#projecthashtag #mmca #artgames #gameartwork #reimaginingmuseums
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January 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you missed our event at the American Folk Art Museum on their current exhibition Playing with Design that features historic game boards, it's now on youtube~! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu3r...
The World at Play: Naomi Clark and Mary Flanagan on Historical Gameboards
YouTube video by American Folk Art Museum
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November 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I'm speaking on "Games for and through culture" on Monday! EPIC-WE is a large Horizon Europe-funded project to empower young people to participate in shaping the future. There will be a games showcase! Sessions are free& open to all, join here, CET time: mycreativenetworks.com/topics/45642...
My Creative Networks
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November 22, 2024 at 3:29 PM
This is a good primer for folks who want to up their privacy game on devices! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 21, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Hello world, Mary Flanagan here! I'm an artist, designer and researcher. I read about about tech, non-tech, art, games and the world. One of my fave subjects is BIAS!
November 20, 2024 at 10:11 PM