Mary Flanagan
Mary Flanagan is an American artist, author, educator, and designer in the field of game studies. She is the founding… more
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I'm in BBCs "Not by the Playbook" podcast about sports...and this episode, on "boards" --surfing, D&D, and board games! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
#gamedesign #boardgames #socialimpact @elizaskinner.bsky.social
#gamedesign #boardgames #socialimpact @elizaskinner.bsky.social
So bored!
Podcast Episode · Not by the Playbook · 07/18/2025 · 1h 15m
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The Futurecasting book is out!
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#futures #speculativedesign #futurecasting #speculativegamedesign
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#futures #speculativedesign #futurecasting #speculativegamedesign
Practices of Futurecasting Book - Mary Flanagan on futurecasting
YouTube video by CFD Center for Future Design
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Excited to be keynoting at the European Network of Science Centres and Museums annual conference next week!
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Ecsite - #Ecsite2025
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So thrilled to meet everyone at this wonderful evening panel I was privileged to moderate last night, and today-- a day of fab talks. So much potential in the community to change thinking on AI! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g...
Gender and AI: Promise and Perils Opening Event | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
This kickoff event will frame discussions at the intersection of gender and artificial intelligence by focusing on the perspectives and insight uniquely provided by artistic expression.
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu
"The Museum Reimagined through Games" artlab.hyundai.com/editorial/th...
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@maryflanagan.bsky.social A great contextualization of themes from our book, Playing Oppression: "All Games Are Political" by Max Haiven! jacobin.com/2025/03/boar... #games #playingoppression #mitpress #boardgames #colonialism
All Games Are Political
Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together. Recent games like Pandemic and Daybreak put the crises of our time o...
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Out from Birkhäuser 2025, my chapter "Using the power of gamewords" in shaping the future, for the book Practices of Futurecasting: Ways of sharing imagined tomorrows, Edited by: Michael Shamiyeh
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Practices of Futurecasting
A book by and for those who want to shape the future What do designers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and politicians have in common? They all want to shape the future. But how can you make the future – ...
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More info: The opening is part of Le Printemps du Dessin in Paris www.printempsdudessin.com/l-air-arts/
Looking forward to my open studio in June at Atelier 11 Paris! Save the date, June 19th! www.lairarts.com/mary-flanaga...
Nice review of the Kafka show in Berlin! www.stirworld.com/see-features... #jewishmuseumberlin #berlinart #videoart
‘Access Kafka’ honors Kafka's legacy, gesturing to parallels in contemporary art
The exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin explores themes of entry points, freedom and agency in the Czech writer’s oeuvre.
www.stirworld.com
Thanks for the nice review of our German-language #phantomink party game, #ghostwriter!
www.boardgamemonkeys.com/2025/01/ghos...
www.boardgamemonkeys.com/2025/01/ghos...
Ghost Writer
www.boardgamemonkeys.com
I was invited by Hyundai Artlab to write about projects that push the boundaries of games and the museum space !
Find it at:
tinyurl.com/MaryFlanagan
#projecthashtag #mmca #artgames #gameartwork #reimaginingmuseums
Find it at:
tinyurl.com/MaryFlanagan
#projecthashtag #mmca #artgames #gameartwork #reimaginingmuseums
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If you missed our event at the American Folk Art Museum on their current exhibition Playing with Design that features historic game boards, it's now on youtube~! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu3r...
The World at Play: Naomi Clark and Mary Flanagan on Historical Gameboards
YouTube video by American Folk Art Museum
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I'm speaking on "Games for and through culture" on Monday! EPIC-WE is a large Horizon Europe-funded project to empower young people to participate in shaping the future. There will be a games showcase! Sessions are free& open to all, join here, CET time: mycreativenetworks.com/topics/45642...
My Creative Networks
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This is a good primer for folks who want to up their privacy game on devices! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hello world, Mary Flanagan here! I'm an artist, designer and researcher. I read about about tech, non-tech, art, games and the world. One of my fave subjects is BIAS!