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| − | '''Johanna Koljonen''' is a writer, | + | '''Johanna Koljonen''' is an experience designer and media analyst, with a continuing career as a writer, broadcaster, author and critic. She is a popular lecturer on larp and topics related to narrative participation. She was lead editor of and a significant contributor to the 2019 volume Larp Design. Her groundbreaking larp criticism, in essays like “Eye-Witness to the Illusion: The Impossibility of 360° Role-Playing” and “The Dragon Was the Least of it: Larp As Ephemera and Ruin” are widely quoted in the field. She is he co-author of the book-length larp autopsy [[Dragonbane - The Legacy|Dragonbane – The Legacy]]. She also won the innovator category of the The Swedish Grand Journalism Prize of 2011. |
| − | Johanna co-founded the the [[Nordic Larp Talks]] together with Andie Nordgren and Petter Karlsson and has hosted them since 2010. | + | Johanna co-founded the the [[Nordic Larp Talks]] together with [[Andie Nordgren]] and [[Petter Karlsson]] and has hosted them since 2010. |
==Larpwright (designer, organizer)== | ==Larpwright (designer, organizer)== | ||
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==Editor== | ==Editor== | ||
| + | * Assistant editor, [[What Do We Do When We Play?|''What Do We Do When We Play?'']], 2020. | ||
| + | * [[Larp Design: Creating Role-play Experiences|''Larp Design: Creating Role-Play Experiences'']], Bifrost 2019, with Jaakko Stenros, Anne Serup Grove, Aina Skjönsfjell, and Elin Nielsen. | ||
| + | * Founder, with Jaakko Stenros, and editor in chief of the ''[[panclou]]'' role-playing game fanzine (1997-), which had a formative effect on the early developments of the live role-playing theory movement in the Nordic Countries. | ||
==Author== | ==Author== | ||
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| + | * 'Carolus Rex. The Flagship of Enclosed Space Opera.' in Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros, eds: ''Nordic Larp'', Fëa Livia 2010. | ||
| + | * 'En Stilla Middag Med Familjen. First Person Bourgeois Drama.' in Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros, eds: ''Nordic Larp'', Fëa Livia 2010. | ||
| + | * 'Dragonbane. Tangible Fantasy, Plausible Magic.' (with Tiinaliisa Multamäki) in Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros, eds: ''Nordic Larp'', Fëa Livia 2010. | ||
| + | * Introduction to the catalogue for Game Continent at the Aros Modern Museum in Aarhus. Game Continent was a 2010 work by Anders Bojen and Kristoffer Ørum. | ||
| + | * ’The Dragon Was the Least of It: Dragonbane and LARP as Ephemera and Ruin’, Montola & Stenros (eds): ''Playground Worlds. Creating and Evaluating Experiences of Role-Playing Games''. Ropecon ry, 2008. | ||
| + | * ‘Eye-Witness to the Illusion. On the Impossibility of 360° Role-Playing’, Donnis, Gade, & Thorup (eds): ''Lifelike''. Knudepunkt 2007, 2007. | ||
| + | * ‘I could a tale unfold whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul. Lessons from ''Hamlet''’, Montola & Stenros (eds): ''Beyond Role and Play. Tools, Toys and Theory for Harnessing the Imagination''. Ropecon ry 2004. | ||
| + | * ‘Why do bad LARPS happen to good people?’, Gade, Thorup & Sander (eds): ''As Larp Grows Up. Theory and Methods in Larp'', Projektgruppen KP03, 2003. | ||
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| + | Contributor to ''panclou'', ''Roolipelaaja'' and ''Playground'' magazines. | ||
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| Nationality | Finland |
| Citizenship | Sweden |
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| Website | johannakoljonen |
Johanna Koljonen is an experience designer and media analyst, with a continuing career as a writer, broadcaster, author and critic. She is a popular lecturer on larp and topics related to narrative participation. She was lead editor of and a significant contributor to the 2019 volume Larp Design. Her groundbreaking larp criticism, in essays like “Eye-Witness to the Illusion: The Impossibility of 360° Role-Playing” and “The Dragon Was the Least of it: Larp As Ephemera and Ruin” are widely quoted in the field. She is he co-author of the book-length larp autopsy Dragonbane – The Legacy. She also won the innovator category of the The Swedish Grand Journalism Prize of 2011.
Johanna co-founded the the Nordic Larp Talks together with Andie Nordgren and Petter Karlsson and has hosted them since 2010.
Larpwright (designer, organizer)
Lectures
Short Talks
Editor
- Assistant editor, What Do We Do When We Play?, 2020.
- Larp Design: Creating Role-Play Experiences, Bifrost 2019, with Jaakko Stenros, Anne Serup Grove, Aina Skjönsfjell, and Elin Nielsen.
- Founder, with Jaakko Stenros, and editor in chief of the panclou role-playing game fanzine (1997-), which had a formative effect on the early developments of the live role-playing theory movement in the Nordic Countries.
Author
- 'Carolus Rex. The Flagship of Enclosed Space Opera.' in Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros, eds: Nordic Larp, Fëa Livia 2010.
- 'En Stilla Middag Med Familjen. First Person Bourgeois Drama.' in Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros, eds: Nordic Larp, Fëa Livia 2010.
- 'Dragonbane. Tangible Fantasy, Plausible Magic.' (with Tiinaliisa Multamäki) in Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros, eds: Nordic Larp, Fëa Livia 2010.
- Introduction to the catalogue for Game Continent at the Aros Modern Museum in Aarhus. Game Continent was a 2010 work by Anders Bojen and Kristoffer Ørum.
- ’The Dragon Was the Least of It: Dragonbane and LARP as Ephemera and Ruin’, Montola & Stenros (eds): Playground Worlds. Creating and Evaluating Experiences of Role-Playing Games. Ropecon ry, 2008.
- ‘Eye-Witness to the Illusion. On the Impossibility of 360° Role-Playing’, Donnis, Gade, & Thorup (eds): Lifelike. Knudepunkt 2007, 2007.
- ‘I could a tale unfold whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul. Lessons from Hamlet’, Montola & Stenros (eds): Beyond Role and Play. Tools, Toys and Theory for Harnessing the Imagination. Ropecon ry 2004.
- ‘Why do bad LARPS happen to good people?’, Gade, Thorup & Sander (eds): As Larp Grows Up. Theory and Methods in Larp, Projektgruppen KP03, 2003.
Contributor to panclou, Roolipelaaja and Playground magazines.
