Dobble Debate is a project brought to OCAD University by Nina Czegledy in collaboration with Lynn Hughes of the Technoculture Art and Games (TAG) Research Centre, Concordia University. The project involves OCAD University’s faculty, graduate and undergrad students and alumni, as well as other internal and external researchers. The project has been generously supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada.
Dobble Debate is an umbrella project that uses games, humour and imagination to
promote discussion and education about dis- and differing abilities.
The initial analogue card game developed for this project is intended for use in learning situations with people who may have varying degrees of experience with differing abilities. It is intergenerational, adaptable to alternative gameplay and can be modified to be used by people with dis- and differing abilities. The game promotes, through its iterative and narrative methodology, understanding, cross-fertilization, knowledge mobility and community.
The game is played with cards and debate. It is intended to be amusing leading to laughter as players try to make up winning arguments for why a particular ‘disability’ would be a disadvantage or advantage in any given circumstance. The goal is that players still come away with the feeling that any differing ability might be an advantage at times. Furthermore, because the overall experience of the game is lighthearted and imaginative, players are left associating ‘disabilities’ with possibility. The game requires that players learn about the specifics of differing abilities.
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The meeting will be held as part of the Centrum Kreatywności project. Founded by The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Project partners: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada OCAD University.