BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13404-657c1b48dcdc964fa5ccceb8c78cb520@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260710T102624Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241025 SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem ologies—Rebecca Y. Bayeck DESCRIPTION:\nRebecca Y. Bayeck\n\nAbstract Title: “Making sense of clas sic African board games in the algorithmic era”\n\nGames and gameplay ha ve long been perceived as spaces of fun\, where learning anything import ant to one’s daily life is irrelevant. Yet\, in recent years\, research has shown that games are learning spaces that deserve scholarly attentio n. The growing field of Game Studies has shown that playing games result s in the acquisition of various literacies such as critical thinking\, c omputational thinking\, mathematical thinking\, and strategic thinking w hich are critical for the twenty-first century. However\, limited attent ion has been given to African games\, and particularly to classic Africa n board games. In this presentation\, Bayeck engages the audience in a d iscussion about classic African board games\, and wonders how we can mak e sense of these games in the algorithmic era.\n\n \;\n\nFor more de tails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-rebecca- y-bayeck/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Rebecca Y. Baye ck

Abstract Title: “Making sense of classic African board games in the algorithmic era”

Games and gameplay have long been perceived as spaces of fun, where learning anything important to one’s daily life is irrelevant. Yet, in recent years, research has shown that games are l earning spaces that deserve scholarly attention. The growing field of Ga me Studies has shown that playing games results in the acquisition of va rious literacies such as critical thinking, computational thinking, math ematical thinking, and strategic thinking which are critical for the twe nty-first century. However, limited attention has been given to African games, and particularly to classic African board games. In this presenta tion, Bayeck engages the audience in a discussion about classic African board games, and wonders how we can make sense of these games in the alg orithmic era.

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