Date: Tuesday, Dec. 3
Time: 1:00-2:30 pm
Location: Crossroads Community Center, 16000 NE 10th St, Bellevue
RSVP: Yes please, it's appreciated!
Have you ever thought about how games can be a tool to learn about culture, history and tradition? In December's Cultural Conversations, WA native and UW professor, Dr. Jeanette Bushnell will share as educator and citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota why and how she and her partners developed an educational game, Potlatch: A game about Economics. Sharing her insights Jeanette will provide an overview of Potlatch, and what we can learn about local native people, history, language, and cultural values.
Dr. Jeanette Bushnell is a mostly-retired professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Born and raised in Olympia, she is Anishinaabe and Irish. Her academic interests include indigenous philosophies and pedagogies, social equity, systemic oppressions, feminisms, gaming, and storytelling. She also started The N.D.N. Players Research Group that critiques, writes about, discusses, and develops games as they relate to indigenous peoples.
Cultural Conversations, a program in its tenth season, has transformed relationships and perspectives among diverse women in our community through education and storytelling. Please join us for tea and conversation. To fully participate in the sharing, attendees should plan for childcare. RSVP appreciated for planning purposes,
Please park at Crossroads Community Center or designated overflow parking areas to avoid ticketing: see the link to the map below. Crossroads Shopping Mall lot attendants discourage walk-offs.
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