PROCEDURAL FEMINISMplaying with gender and generative systems
gillian smithnortheastern university
@gillianmsmith
pla y
rules
artsoun
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design
pla
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ics
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creative
simulation
pasttime
activity
pla y
rules
artsoun
d
design
pla
ye
rsexp
eri
en
ce
to y
aest
het
ics
pro
ced
ura
l
creative
simulation
pasttime
activity
can procedures be feminist?
michael cook amanda phillips tanya short
authorship and aesthetics
Design ControlGame Content
andGames!
methods for asserting control
flickr: Amarand Agasi
formal theory of content
what is a platformer level?
what is a person?
“Females of the Realms can excel in any area they wish, and areeasily the equal of their male counterparts in every skill or respect.”
formal theory of design
Joris Dormans
Design ControlGame Content
andGames!
inserting cultural context?
Design ControlGame Content
andGames!
inserting cultural context?
communicating meaning
embedding meaning
http://www.icongenerators.net/pixelavatar.html
feminist computational modeling?
Courtney Toder, work-in-progress
ai and empathy
Star Trek: The Next Generation
avoiding big data
making little psychopaths
acknowledge your choices
CYOA, a visualization of choose your own adventure novels, samizdat
can procedures be feminist?
we should be
gillian smith @gillianmsmith http://www.sokath.com