Larp is great in building strange realities, far-away worlds and fantasies unheard of. But can it also be used to recreate authentic situations from real life to enable development workers to not only know about intercultural competence, but maybe even…
This talk explores how this can make larp design easier to teach as a game design discipline. It also helps designers become more aware of the default positions of their larp design. Martin Eckhoff Andresen is a larper, organizer and…
How do you, as a game designer, work to get a diverse group of participants to feel welcome and included? Lars Nerback talks from his experience in working with educational larps in schools, and gives three examples for making inclusive…
In this talk Jana Pouchlá describes some basic arrangements that make new larpers feel safe and enjoy the game. She also argues why newbies sometimes are better larpers than super experienced players. Jana Pouchlá is a professional lecturer of larp…
Now there is something at stake. In this talk one of the editors of the Nordic Larp book explains what he thinks the term means, where it came from, who gets to define it, and what is so damn special…
Larps, people, theories and ideas are crossing international borders, and we want to know what it’s like! In what ways is it encouraging us to explore our own, personal preconceptions and habits? What does it all look like? The two…
Soon it’s time for this years edition of the Nordic Larp Talks. They will be held during the event A Week in Norway which is an extended part of the Knutepunkt 2013 conference. The organisers describe the talks like this:…
This years Knutepunkt book is available in a preview format without final layout. The production team has this to say on the matter: Finally! The texts from the four anthologies that together constitute this year’s Knutepunkt book project are now…
You can follow tonights program meeting for Knutepunkt 2013 live on twitter! The hashtag is: #KPprogram There are still some tickets left, they can be bought on the Knutepunkt 2013 sign up page: http://www.knutepunkt.org/signup/ Read more about Knutepunkt in the…