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Sonia Fizek | Keywords in Play, Episode 9

Posted: December 11, 2020

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“Keywords in Play” is an interview series about game research supported by Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association.

This episode’s guest is Sonia Fizek, to discuss a forthcoming book on ‘delegated’ and ‘interpassive’ play. Sonia is a digital wanderer and a ludic thinker. On a more formal note, a professor at Cologne Game Lab in media and game studies and a co-editor in chief of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds. Previously a lecturer at Abertay University, a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Cultures at Leuphana University Lüneburg and a guest lecturer at: Leuphana University Lüneburg, Goethe University Frankfurt, Hamburg Media School, and Design School Berlin.