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'''Annika Waern''' is a larp designer and organiser, and game studies academic, from Sweden. During 2004-2008, she was the coordinator of the EU project IPerG, known for its groundbreaking investigations into pervasive games. Her academic publications primarily focus on the design and study pervasive larp productions such as [[Prosopopeia|Momentum]] and [[Conspiracy for Good]]. As a designer, she has also been a contributor to productions exploring novel formats, such as the pervasive interactive performance [[Interference]] and the larp musical [[Cabaret]], but . She has also designed several smaller scenarios, of which some have been featured at [[Prolog]], Sandcon, and [[Stockholm Scenario Festival|Stockholm Scenario festival]].
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