Introductory Post

Hello, my name is Steve Wilcox, I'm a PhD candidate in the English Langauge and Literature department at the University of Waterloo. My dissertation research is on videogames, empathy, and rhetoric. I approach games from a feminist, standpoint-theory perspective, arguing that games can train players to translate what Donna Haraway calls "situated knowledges." From this theoretical basis I go on to argue that games are an ideal medium for all forms of knowledge translation--the movement of knowledge between various communities.

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