The StrataPlay Methodology

StrataPlay is a post-qualitative methodology blending academic inquiry with gameplay. Through narrative-driven challenges the book explores identity, power, and absurdity in modern academia, inviting readers to engage in dynamic, evolving knowledge creation.

This book presents StrataPlay, an innovative post-qualitative methodology that blends academic inquiry with playful, narrative-driven gameplay. Grounded in posthumanism, post-qualitative research, and psychoanalytic theories, the book guides readers through a series of game-like challenges designed to explore fluid, fragmented identities, the intersections of power and autonomy, and the absurdities of modern academia. Each chapter invites readers to step into immersive worlds where they confront complex philosophical questions through narrative and metaphor. By offering an interactive approach to knowledge creation, this book pushes boundaries and encourages a dynamic and ever-evolving relationship between theory, identity, and storytelling.

Autorentext

Mila Zhu, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Coordinator of the EDUC Program at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Her work centers on Ludic Scholarship, integrating game-based learning, play, and narrative into educational inquiry. As the series editor of Ludic Scholarship: Games, Learning, and Innovative Pedagogy, she advances interdisciplinary approaches that merge gamifi cation, ludology, and pedagogy to reimagine how knowledge is created, performed, and experienced.

Inhalt

Game Start: The NPC, the Frog, and the Infinite Void

Game Start: Ludus, StrataPlay, and the Lorekeeper

Player One: Contours of Cacophony

Player Two: Nourishing Legacies

Player Three: TnT the Word RPG

Player Four: The Ultimate X Collab(TM)

Player Five: Überfrau Manifesto

GG: Dumb Ways to Die as a Lorekeeper

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