Elizabeth LaPensée
| Elizabeth LaPensée | |
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| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Occupation | artist, game designer, writer, and researcher |
| Affiliation | Michigan State University - Media & Information and Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures Department[1] |
| Nationality | Anishinaabe, Métis, and Irish |
Elizabeth LaPensée, Ph.D., has Anishinaabe, Métis, and Irish ancestry. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, in the department of Media & Information and Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures.[2] In addition to teaching, she also significantly contributes to the field of Indigenous game development through her art, research and writing. She also expresses herself through comics, experimental animation, and other interactive media that is informed by her Indigenous cultural values and teachings.
In her research, Elizabeth LaPensée discusses how game development is a contemporary and significant method of passing on Aboriginal traditional teachings. This is seen through her use of collaboration with Indigenous community members, sharing stories, using Indigenous pedagogy in game goal achievements and using land-based knowledge to make site-specific games on the web.[3]In an interview with Vicki Moulder from Simon Fraser University she says, "I do my best to contribute to games with the hope of players remembering and activating teachings about our creative connection to land and life."[4]
Research
Indigenous Futurisms
www.survivance.org
Work
In addition to the listed games, comics, transmedia and animation projects, Elizabeth LaPensée also creates art illustrations and Anishinaabemowin teaching posters that can be found on her website.
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| Comics[6] | |
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| 2015 |
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| 2012 |
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| 2008 |
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| Transmedia[7] | |
| 2010 |
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| Animations[8] | |
| 2016 |
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| 2011 |
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References
- ^ "Elizabeth LaPensée, Ph.D." Michigan State University. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Elizabeth LaPensée, Ph.D." Michigan State University. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ McMahon, Ryan. "Red Man Laughing - The Dr. Elizabeth LaPensée Interview". Red Man Laughing. Markoons Media Group. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ Moulder, Vicki; LaPensée, Elizabeth (January–February 2017). "Walking and wiring the land: Indigenous art practice in games" (PDF). ACM. 24 (1): 46–49. doi:10.1145/3019602. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ LaPensée, Elizabeth. "Works - Games". Elizabeth LaPensée. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ LaPensée, Elizabeth. "Works - Comics". Elizabeth LaPensée. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ LaPensée, Elizabeth. "Works - Transmedia". Elizabeth LaPensée. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ LaPensée, Elizabeth. "Works - Animations". Elizabeth LaPensée. Retrieved 3 April 2017.